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DESCRIPTION:Peter J. Hotez\, MD\, PhD\, DSc (hon)\, FASTMH\, FAAP Texas Med
 ical Center vaccine pediatrician-scientist\, author\, science explainer\, 
 history of medicine   Prof. Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc (hon) FAAP FASTMH is P
 rofessor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology at Baylor C
 ollege of Medicine where he is also Co-Director of the Texas Children’s 
 Hospital Center for Vaccine Development\, and Dean of the National School 
 of Tropical Medicine. He is also University Professor of Biology at Baylor
  University\, Senior Fellow in Disease and Humanity at the James A Baker I
 II Institute for Public Policy. Dr. Hotez is a vaccine scientist\, biochem
 ist\, and pediatrician who has led or co-led the development of vaccines f
 or parasitic infections-hookworm\, schistosomiasis\, Chagas disease-curren
 tly in clinical trials\, and several coronavirus vaccines\, including two 
 low-cost COVID vaccines for global health so far administered to 100 milli
 on children and adults in India and Indonesia. He is also an ardent vaccin
 e advocate and science explainer who combats anti-science and antisemitism
  in America\, and globally. Prof. Hotez has authored 6 single-authored boo
 ks with Johns Hopkins University Press\, including Vaccines Did Not Cause 
 Rachel’s Autism\, Preventing the Next Pandemic\, and The Deadly Rise of 
 Anti-science\, and in 2025 will co-author Science Under Siege (Public Affa
 irs) with the climate scientist\, Michael Mann. Dr. Hotez obtained his B.A
 . (phi beta kappa) from Yale University\, M.D. from Weill Cornell Medical 
 College\, and Ph.D. from Rockefeller University. He obtained his pediatric
  residency and fellowship training from Massachusetts General Hospital and
  Yale School of Medicine. Prof. Hotez is the author of more than 700 scien
 tific papers\, and he is an elected member of the National Academy of Medi
 cine and American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has received numerous a
 wards. They include the Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award from A
 AAS\, the Scientific Achievement Award from the AMA\, the David E Rogers A
 ward from the AAMC\, the Science and Society Award from Sigma Xi\, the Por
 ter Prize in public health from the University of Pittsburgh\, Winslow Med
 al from Yale School of Public Health\, Mendel Medal in science and religio
 n from Villanova University\, Milton Popkin Award from the ADL Southwest\,
  LBJ Moral Courage Award from the Holocaust Museum Houston\, Walker Prize 
 from the Boston Science Museum\, and Smith Medal in Public Health from the
  NY Academy of Medicine. He was named TIME MagazineHealth100 in 2024 and o
 ne of 25 Global Leaders for U.S. News and World Report in 2025. He has thr
 ee honorary Doctor of Science degrees. Prof. Hotez served as US Science En
 voy for the Middle East and North Africa in 2015-16\, and he appears frequ
 ently on national media to explain biomedicine and pandemics. 
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SUMMARY:Viruses and Vaccines.  The Science vs Anti-Science
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 &nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p>Prof. Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc (hon) FAAP FASTMH is Profes
 sor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology at Baylor Colleg
 e of Medicine where he is also Co-Director of the Texas Children&rsquo\;s 
 Hospital Center for Vaccine Development\, and Dean of the National School 
 of Tropical Medicine. He is also University Professor of Biology at Baylor
  University\, Senior Fellow in Disease and Humanity at the James A Baker I
 II Institute for Public Policy. Dr. Hotez is a vaccine scientist\, biochem
 ist\, and pediatrician who has led or co-led the development of vaccines f
 or parasitic infections-hookworm\, schistosomiasis\, Chagas disease-curren
 tly in clinical trials\, and several coronavirus vaccines\, including two 
 low-cost COVID vaccines for global health so far administered to 100 milli
 on children and adults in India and Indonesia. He is also an ardent vaccin
 e advocate and science explainer who combats anti-science and antisemitism
  in America\, and globally.</p>\n\n<p>Prof. Hotez has authored 6 single-au
 thored books with Johns Hopkins University Press\, including Vaccines Did 
 Not Cause Rachel&rsquo\;s Autism\, Preventing the Next Pandemic\, and The 
 Deadly Rise of Anti-science\, and in 2025 will co-author Science Under Sie
 ge (Public Affairs) with the climate scientist\, Michael Mann. Dr. Hotez o
 btained his B.A. (phi beta kappa) from Yale University\, M.D. from Weill C
 ornell Medical College\, and Ph.D. from Rockefeller University. He obtaine
 d his pediatric residency and fellowship training from Massachusetts Gener
 al Hospital and Yale School of Medicine.</p>\n\n<p>Prof. Hotez is the auth
 or of more than 700 scientific papers\, and he is an elected member of the
  National Academy of Medicine and American Academy of Arts and Sciences an
 d has received numerous awards. They include the Scientific Freedom and Re
 sponsibility Award from AAAS\, the Scientific Achievement Award from the A
 MA\, the David E Rogers Award from the AAMC\, the Science and Society Awar
 d from Sigma Xi\, the Porter Prize in public health from the University of
  Pittsburgh\, Winslow Medal from Yale School of Public Health\, Mendel Med
 al in science and religion from Villanova University\, Milton Popkin Award
  from the ADL Southwest\, LBJ Moral Courage Award from the Holocaust Museu
 m Houston\, Walker Prize from the Boston Science Museum\, and Smith Medal 
 in Public Health from the NY Academy of Medicine. He was named TIME Magazi
 neHealth100 in 2024 and one of 25 Global Leaders for U.S. News and World R
 eport in 2025.</p>\n\n<p>He has three honorary Doctor of Science degrees. 
 Prof. Hotez served as US Science Envoy for the Middle East and North Afric
 a in 2015-16\, and he appears frequently on national media to explain biom
 edicine and pandemics.</p>\n
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