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Peter Jay Hotez is an American scientist, pediatrician, and advocate in the fields of global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical disease control. He serves as founding dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine, where he is also Director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair in Tropical Pediatrics. Hotez served previously as President of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and is a founding Editor-in-Chief of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. He is also 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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✵ 5. May 1958
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“The big pharma companies are still not going in. Some of the biotechs are starting to, because they're trying to really accelerate their technology... and hopefully to flip it around for something else that will make money. We need a new system in place.”

Peter Hotez

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Hearing on Coronavirus (March 5, 2020)

“So we've got to figure out what the ecosystem is going to be, to develop vaccines that are not going to make money.”

Peter Hotez

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Hearing on Coronavirus (March 5, 2020)

“[H]ad we had those investments early on, to carry this all the way through clinical trials years ago, we could have had a vaccine ready to go.”

Peter Hotez

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Hearing on Coronavirus (March 5, 2020)

“There is an urgency to create vaccines for diseases which don't make money.”

Peter Hotez

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Hearing on Coronavirus (March 5, 2020)

“I perceive... a dearth of voices speaking out against the modern anti-vaccination movement. Their false claims and public statements more often than not go unchallenged. I hope that this book might serve as a clarion call for other scientists and physicians to speak out on behalf of science.”

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Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism (2018)

“[V]accines are safe and cannot possibly cause autism...”

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Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism (2018)

“[W]e took this on... with the idea of pioneering not only interest in science, but also a new business model, and the business model part, we haven't quite figured out yet, because we're trying to make... vaccines for diseases no one else will make.”

Peter Hotez

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Hearing on Coronavirus (March 5, 2020)

“There's still no road map for what you do to make a vaccine in the midst of a devastating public health outbreak.”

Peter Hotez

Peter Hotez (2020) cited in " Experts scramble, but new virus vaccine may not come in time http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Experts_scramble,_but_new_virus_vaccine_may_not_come_in_time" on Jamaica Observer, 8 February 2020.

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