Education:
M.D., Cornell University Medical College
Expertise:
Tropical disease vaccinology; pediatric infectious tropical diseases
Background:
Peter Hotez is Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine at The George Washington University, where his major research and academic interest is in the area of vaccine development for parasitic and tropical diseases, and the role of vaccines in international diplomacy. He is also Visiting Professor at the Chinese National Institute of Parasitic Diseases in Shanghai. Dr. Hotez is the Principal Investigator on a Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative from the Sabin Vaccine Institute and Gates Foundation to develop a recombinant vaccine for hookworm-induced malnutrition and anemia. He is also the Principal Investigator on grants from the NIH, March of Dimes, American Heart Association and the China Medical Board.
Dr. Hotez is the author or co-author of over 120 scientific and technical papers in molecular and immunoparasitology and tropical disease, as well as two books, Parasitic Diseases (Apple Tree Press) and Krugman's Infectious Diseases of Children. His articles on international science policy have appeared in The Washington Post, Scientific American, and Foreign Policy.
Dr. Hotez is the recipient of the Henry Baldwin Ward Medal from the American Society for Parasitologists and a Young Investigator Award from the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pedriatics (FAAP).
Dr. Hotez is a native of Hartford, Connecticut. He obtained his B.A. degree in Molecular Biophysics phi beta kappa from Yale University (1980) and his M.d. and Ph.D. from the medical scientist-training program at Cornell University and The Rockefeller University. After completing his residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Hotez returned to Yale University where he was on the faculty for 12 years, before joining GW.
Last update: 8/22/05
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