1. Peter Jay Hotez was born on May 5,1958 and is an American scientist, pediatrician, and advocate in the fields of global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical disease control.
16 Facts About Peter Hotez
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Peter Hotez serves as a University Professor of Biology at Baylor University.
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Peter Hotez is the co-director of Parasites Without Borders, a global nonprofit organization with a focus on those suffering from parasitic diseases in subtropical environments.
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Peter Hotez was born in Hartford, Connecticut to a Jewish family.
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Peter Hotez's father Edward J Hotez was a World War II veteran in the United States Navy.
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Peter Hotez was awarded postdoctoral positions in molecular parasitology and pediatric infectious diseases at Yale University School of Medicine, where he subsequently became an assistant professor in 1992 and an associate professor in 1995.
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From 2000 to 2011, Peter Hotez served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology and Tropical Medicine at the George Washington University.
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Peter Hotez led the Sabin Vaccine Institute in Washington, DC, as well as efforts to establish PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, the first online open access medical journal focused exclusively on neglected tropical diseases.
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Peter Hotez has used his public profile on Twitter and other social media platforms to combat misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic and about vaccines.
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Peter Hotez has appeared as an invited expert in a number of cable news and radio shows.
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Peter Hotez had already experienced significant prior harassment because of his vaccine advocacy, including at his lectures, receiving online threats, and being blamed for his daughter's autism.
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Rogan, Kennedy, and Twitter owner Elon Musk asked Peter Hotez to participate in a debate on the podcast.
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Peter Hotez is an ambassador of the Paul G Rogers Society for Global Health Research, a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, a member of the World Health Organization Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee for WHO TDR, and in 2011, Hotez was appointed as a member of the National Institutes of Health Council of Councils.
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Peter Hotez is a member of the inaugural class of Fellows of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
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Peter Hotez is a co-editor of Krugman's Infectious Diseases of Children, 11th Edition, and co-editor of Manson's Tropical Diseases, 23rd Edition and Feigin and Cherry's Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 7th Edition.
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Peter Hotez is the co-author of the reference work called Parasitic Diseases, 5th Edition.