Dr. Peter Jay Hotez (born 1958)

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Dr. Rebecca Lynn Katz (born 1973) ( Dr. Hotez was the doctoral thesis advisor for Dr. Rebecca Katz [HT00CA][GDrive] )
Dr. Jeffrey David Sachs (born 1954) (multiple papers co-authored between 2000 and 2016 ... Hotez is the most frequent co-author of the wife of Jeffrey Sachs, .. Sonia Ehrlich Sachs )
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Born : May 5, 1958 (age 63) in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Nationality : American
Alma mater : Yale University (BA) / Weill Cornell Medical College (MD) / Rockefeller University (PhD)
Scientific career Fields : Vaccinology, neglected tropical disease control, public policy, global health
Institutions : George Washington University Medical School, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, James Baker Institute, Baylor University

Peter Jay Hotez (born May 5, 1958) 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, 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, and University Professor of Biology at Baylor University.[1][2] 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.

Early life and education

Hotez was born in Hartford, Connecticut, to a Jewish family.[3] His father Edward J. Hotez was a World War II veteran in the United States Navy.[4][5] Growing up in West Hartford, Hotez graduated from Hall High School in West Hartford.[3] He received a BA in molecular biophysics and biochemistry magna cum laude (Phi Beta Kappa) from Yale University in 1980, a PhD from Rockefeller University in 1986, and a Doctorate in Medicine from Weill Cornell Medical College in 1987.[6] His doctoral dissertation and postdoctoral training were in the areas of hookworm molecular pathogenesis and vaccine development.

Research and career

Early research

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. His early research focused on the pathogenesis and molecular mechanisms of human hookworm infection and would eventually lead to a vaccine now in clinical trials,[7] as well as a vaccine against schistosomiasis, also in clinical trials,[8] either of which would be the first successful vaccine for humans to protect against a multi-cellular parasite.[9]

Neglected tropical diseases

From 2000 to 2011, Hotez served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology and Tropical Medicine (renamed in 2005 as the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine) at the George Washington University.[10]

Following the World Health Organization's (WHO) Millennium Development Goals in 2000, Hotez, along with Drs. Alan Fenwick and David Molyneux, led a global effort to rename diseases then being termed simply "other diseases," as "neglected tropical diseases" (NTDs), and promoting the use of therapeutic/preventive chemotherapy through a combination of drugs called the "rapid-impact package."[11] Hotez has advocated for increased efforts to control NTDs since 2005 through publications and speaking engagements, helping to gain increased awareness resulting in a decrease of prevalence and disease burden in many areas.[12]

During these years, Hotez also 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.[13]

Vaccine development

In addition to continuing work on vaccines already in clinical trials for hookworm [14] and schistosomiasis,[8] Hotez currently leads a team of researchers developing vaccines against other diseases including leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, SARS, and MERS,[15] and is also working in development of a Coronavirus vaccine.[16]

COVID-19 response

Hotez has actively used his public profile on Twitter and other social media platforms to help combat misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. He has also appeared as an invited expert in a number of cable news and radio shows.[17][18][19] In an interview with the American Medical Association, Hotez noted that communicating clear messages about the ongoing pandemic is of vital importance in an environment that is rife with confusing and misleading messages. "We’ve been hearing either the sky was falling or there was no problem... the reality is more nuanced than that and that requires some explanation based on scientific principles."[20] Hotez has also warned that contrary to popular belief, more young adults than expected would be hospitalized due to the outbreak of COVID-19: "The message is that we’ve been trying to appeal to younger adults and have them shelter away and do the social distancing and explaining why they’re at risk for transmitting the virus to vulnerable populations."[18] Hotez has also warned against optimistic COVID-19 vaccine timelines, arguing that rushing through the conservative timeline could cause problems, "potentially mak[ing] individuals worse and threaten[ing] vaccine development in the U.S."[21] On August 7, 2020, he said in a television interview that the US can expect to be affected by COVID-19 for "years and years" even after Americans are vaccinated. In that interview, he also blamed the federal government for not taking action to contain the spread of the virus.[22]

Awards and memberships

Selected awards and memberships include:

2018 – Elected member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences [23]
2017 – Carlos Slim Foundation Health Award[24]
2017 – The Distinguished Achievement Award from B'nai B'rith International for a lifetime of accomplishments in science and public health.[25]
2003 – The Bailey K. Ashford Medal from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene for distinguished work in tropical medicine.[26]
1999 – Henry Baldwin Ward Medal from the American Society of Parasitologists for outstanding contributions to the field of parasitology.[27]

In 2008, he was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.[28] He is an ambassador of the Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research, a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP), a member of the World Health Organization Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee for WHO TDR (Special Programme on Tropical Diseases Research),[29] and in 2011, Hotez was appointed as a member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Council of Councils.[30] He is a member of the inaugural class of Fellows of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.[31]

Publications and media

Hotez is the author of more than 500 scientific and technical papers on NTDs. In addition he is the author of Blue Marble Health: An Innovative Plan to Fight Diseases of the Poor amid Wealth and Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases: The Neglected Tropical Diseases and Their Impact on Global Health and Development,[32] co-author of Parasitic Diseases, 5th Edition,[33] a co-editor of Krugman's Infectious Diseases of Children, 11th Edition,[34] and co-editor of Manson's Tropical Diseases, 23rd Edition and Feigin and Cherry's Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 7th Edition. In addition, Hotez writes frequently for lay audiences, including papers in Scientific American and op-ed pieces for the New York Times.

In 2021 Hotez published a new book titled Preventing the Next Pandemic – Vaccine Diplomacy in a Time of Anti-science.[35] [36]

References

^ "Expert named to lead new tropical disease research center". Houston Chronicle. 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
^ "34 Leaders Who Are Changing Health Care". Fortune Magazine. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
a b Hathaway, William (October 6, 1996). "Parasite links men in daring venture". Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
^ "Edward J. Hotez". Hartford Courant. January 11, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
^ Hotez, Peter [@PeterHotez] (July 10, 2020). "This is my dad, Eddie Hotez, buried in a Jewish cemetery with military honors in 2015. He didn't fight at Okinawa Saipan Philippines, so we could descend into chaos. We have the tools now to defeat this virus, make schools, colleges, even the NFL, safe by the fall. Working on it" (Tweet). Retrieved November 27, 2020 – via Twitter.
^ Hotez, Peter J. "Curriculum Vitae & Bibliography". Baker Institute. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
^ Safety and Immunogenicity of a Human Hookworm Candidate Vaccine With or Without Additional Adjuvant in Brazilian Adults,https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01261130?term=NCT01261130&rank=1
a b A Phase I Study of the Safety, Reactogenicity, and Immunogenicity of Sm-TSP-2/Alhydrogel® With or Without GLA-AF for Intestinal Schistosomiasis in Healthy Adults, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02337855
^ Encyclopedic Reference of Parasitology, Heinz Melhorn Ed. Vaccines against Nematodes.
^ "ByGeorge!".
^ Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases: Integrated Chemotherapy and Beyond, http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/11016/1/pmed.0030112.pdf
^ Look What Happens When You Pay Attention To Neglected Tropical Diseases, Bruce Y Lee, Forbes 4-24-2017,https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2017/04/24/look-what-happens-when-you-pay-attention-to-neglected-tropical-diseases/#1c513bba221a
^ PLOS NTDs celebrates our 10th anniversary: Looking forward to the next decade, http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0006176
^ Safety and Immunogenicity of a Human Hookworm Candidate Vaccine With or Without Additional Adjuvant in Brazilian Adults, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01261130?term=NCT01261130&rank=1
^ Texas Children's Hospital, https://www.texaschildrens.org/departments/vaccine-development/our-team
^ Fresh Air (Interview) 24 November 2020. Interviewed by Terry Gross. WHYY; NPR.
^ Hotez, Peter (2020-04-01). "The timetable for a coronavirus vaccine is 18 months. Experts say that's risky" (Interview). Interviewed by CNN. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
a b Hotez, Peter (2020-04-01). "Dr. Peter Hotez: New data shows why young people must take COVID-19 spread seriously" (Interview). Interviewed by Fox News. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
^ Hotez, Peter (2020-03-30). "Scientist Peter Hotez on Why Vaccine Development is 'Critical to the Security of Our Nation'" (Interview). Interviewed by Texas Observer. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
^ Hotez, Peter (2020-02-28). "Doctor uses reach of social media to ease COVID-19 pandemic fears" (Interview). Interviewed by American Medical Association. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
^ Hotez, Peter (2020-03-09). "Reality check: How long could it take to develop coronavirus vaccine?" (Interview). Interviewed by KHOU. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
^ Moran, Lee (2020-08-08). "Vaccine Expert Has Grim Prediction Of What Coronavirus Will Do 'For Years And Years'". HuffPost. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
^ https://www.amacad.org/content/members/newFellows.aspx?s=a
^ "Noticias de actualidad, emprendimientos de éxito en el ambito del cine para adultos o Porno".
^ "Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine to Receive B'nai B'rith's Distinguished Achievement Award" (Press release). 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
^ "Bailey K. Ashford Medal". American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 10, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
^ "Peter Hotez". Institute of Medicine. 2014-08-15. Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
^ "WHO | Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases is feasible". World Health Organization. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
^ "New NIH Council of Councils members named, April 26, 2011 News Release – National Institutes of Health (NIH)". Nih.gov. 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
^ "American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene : ASTMH Names Peter Hotez as New President". Astmh.org. November 7, 2010. Archived from the original on May 11, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
^ Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases: The Neglected Tropical Diseases and Their Impact on Global Health and Development: 9781555814403: Medicine & Health Science Books @. ASM Press. 2008. ISBN 978-1555814403.
^ Parasitic Diseases, Fifth Edition: 9780970002778: Medicine & Health Science Books @. 2005. ISBN 978-0970002778.
^ Arvin Ann (2004) [1998]. "Krugman's Infectious Diseases of Children". The New England Journal of Medicine (10th/11th ed.). Elsevier Health Sciences. 338 (21): 785. doi:10.1056/NEJM199805213382119. ISBN 978-0-8151-5251-4. OL 687625M.
^ Bloom, Barry (2021). "A doctor's odyssey". The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Elsevier. 21 (4): 470. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00150-X. S2CID 233534467. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
^ Walker, Paul. "Book review". HealthMatters.org. Johns Hopkins University Press. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

External links

In an older version of Wikipedia page : https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Hotez&oldid=748993478 .. Nov 11, 2016

US science envoy

In December 2014 Hotez was named U.S. Science Envoy by the White House and State Department. In this role he will focus on vaccine science diplomacy and joint vaccine development with countries in the Middle East and North Africa.[citation needed]

EVIDENCE TIMELINE

2007 - Hotez and Sachs on charlie rose

https://charlierose.com/videos/18317

2014 (Dec)

https://www.tmc.edu/news/2014/12/peter-hotez-m-d-ph-d-named-u-s-science-envoy/

https://charlierose.com/videos/18317

(also - https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2014/12/234682.htm )

2014 CV : https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF02/20160302/104594/HHRG-114-IF02-TTF-HotezP-20160302.pdf

By Baylor College of Medicine December 4, 2014

Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., Named U.S. Science Envoy

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Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., professor and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, has been named by the U.S. Department of State as one of four eminent scientists who will serve as a U.S. Science Envoy beginning in January 2015. Launched by President Obama in Cairo in 2009, the U.S. Science Envoy program selects renowned and distinguished American scientists to promote the United States’ commitment to science, technology and innovation as tools of diplomacy and economic growth.

“Becoming a U.S. Science Envoy offers an incredible opportunity to explore the themes of science and vaccine diplomacy as a component of United States foreign policy,” said Hotez, who also is president of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, Director of the Sabin Vaccine Institute Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and is a Baker Institute Fellow in Disease and Poverty at Rice University. Hotez has pioneered the development of vaccines to combat neglected tropical diseases.

Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Dr. Arun Majumdar and Dr. Geri Richmond also were named as envoys. The scientists will engage internationally at the citizen and government levels to develop partnerships, improve collaboration and forge mutually beneficial relationships between other nations and the United States to stimulate increased scientific cooperation and foster economic prosperity. Science Envoys travel as private citizens and advise the White House, the Department of State and the scientific community about potential opportunities for cooperation.

Hotez’s countries of focus will be Saudi Arabia and Morocco.

“I’m excited about the prospect of building capacity to develop neglected disease vaccines in the Middle East and North Africa. Our studies have revealed that this region is highly vulnerable to neglected tropical diseases,” said Hotez.

Hotez is a world renowned expert in neglected tropical diseases, the most common diseases affecting the world’s poor.

Hotez received his M.D. from Weill Cornell Medical College, his Ph.D. from The Rockefeller University, both in New York, New York; and his B.A. magna cum laude from Yale University in New Haven, Conn. He is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

2015 (Dec 18) - The Poughkeepskie Journal - "Outbreak of dengue fever largest in 60 years"

Amesh Adalja , Univ. Pittsburgh Medical Center
Dr. Peter Jay Hotez (born 1958) (Interesting fact ... Dr. Hotez was the doctoral thesis advisor for Dr. Rebecca Lynn Katz (born 1973) [HT00CA][GDrive] ) )
Harold Margolis

2014

https://www.newspapers.com/image/779531710/?match=1&terms=%22peter%20hotez%22

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2016 (Dec 5) - Baylor College of Medicine : "The Vatican takes on neglected and rare diseases" ; Peter Hotez speaks at the Vatican

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Info on the Conference :

https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2016/11/07/161107b.html / 2016-11-07-press-vatican-va-salastampa-161107b.pdf / https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CWK9wJf4BHloQhWPWJ92XadVp8fl4zIG/view?usp=drive_link
“Towards a culture of health that is welcoming and supportive at the service of people with rare and neglected pathologies” is the theme of the 31st International Conference of the Pontifical Council for Healthcare Workers (Health Pastoral Care), which will take place in the Vatican’s New Synod Hall from 10 to 12 November and was presented this morning in the Holy See Press Office.
"The speakers were Msgr. Jean-Marie Mupendawatu and Fr. Augusto Chendi, M.I., respectively secretary and under-secretary of the Pontifical Council for Healthcare Workers (Health Pastoral Care); Dr. Marco Tartaglia, head of the research department on rare diseases and genetic disorders at the Bambino Gesù Paediatric Hospital, Rome; and Dr. Claudio Giustozzi, national secretary of the Italian cultural association “Giuseppe Dossetti: I Valori-Sviluppo e Tutela dei Diritti” ONLUS."
"The explained that according to the World Health Organisation (WHO, 2016), a disease is considered rare when it affects one person in two thousand, or fewer. From around five to eight thousand pathologies are defined in this way, of which 80 per cent are of genetic origin, and often life-threatening. It is estimated that around 400 million people worldwide are affected."
"The Conference, to be attended by 320 people from more than fifty countries, is structured according to three key themes, which constitute the pedagogical key to its work: reform, to focus on current knowledge both in a scientific and a clinical sense; to treat better and with a welcoming and fraternal approach to the life of the patient; and to protect the environment in which humankind lives."

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The Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers hosted a historic high level summit at the Vatican on Nov. 10-12. The international conference entitled, “Towards a Culture of Health that is Welcoming and Supportive at the Service of People with Rare and Neglected Pathologies,” represented an important step for the Catholic Church to address this group of diseases.

The summit coincided with the upcoming launch of the new Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, which shares the integrated approach to poverty reduction and sustainable development advanced by the United Nations. The Dicastery, an administrative department of the Holy See, will subsume the activities of the Pontifical Councils for Health Care Workers, Justice and Peace, Cor Unum, and Migrants and Travelers when it launches Jan. 1.

My role in the conference was to provide introductory and keynote “prolusion” remarks for the neglected diseases component. Using the title, “Neglected tropical diseases: 21st Century ancient afflictions of the poor and vulnerable,” I highlighted neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) as ubiquitous afflictions affecting people living in poverty, including the world’s Christian-majority countries of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. My remarks can be read in full online.

Much of my information was based on a recent article I wrote on the subject in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. It’s a surprise to many that over the last few decades, the world’s Catholic populations have shifted to the ‘Global South’ in areas such as Angola, the Philippines, and the Latin American and Caribbean nations. It is notable that the Catholic Church is estimated to be the largest provider of healthcare in the world through its global network of hospitals and clinics, so educating Catholic leaders about NTDs at this conference was an exciting opportunity.

Despite the widespread health and economic impact of the NTDs on Catholic-majority countries (as well Muslim- and Hindu-majority countries), we have opportunities to control and eliminate these diseases. In 2005, we launched a program of integrated NTD control and elimination through mass drug administration of essential medicines donated by the major pharmaceutical companies. We’ve now seen a big impact with 30-40 percent reductions in diseases such as trachoma, river blindness, and elephantiasis.

For other diseases we need better technologies. At our Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine we’re developing new vaccines for several NTDs, including Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, hookworm, and schistosomiasis.

My remarks were made in the presence of a number of key Vatican leaders, including His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of the Holy See, His Eminence Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, Prefect of the new Dicastery, and Msgr. Jean-Marie Mupendawatu, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers. The Summit provided a terrific opportunity to explain the potential role for the Catholic Church and the Holy See to control and even eliminate the NTDs in the coming years.

We’re now looking forward to the follow-up and continuing in-depth discussions with Catholic leaders about the historic role they could play in advancing the effort to control and eliminate NTDs!

-By Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Endowed Chair in Tropical Pediatrics at Texas Children’s Hospital, and president of the Sabin Vaccine Institute

"Dr. Peter Hotez (left) speaking at the Vatican in November." [HE00AQ][GDrive]

2017 (APeil 05)

https://bcmfamily.bcm.edu/2017/04/05/bnai-brith-international-recognizes-dr-peter-hotez-for-distinguished-career/

B’nai B’rith recognizes Dr. Peter Hotez for distinguished career

BCM Office of Communications / April 5, 2017

World-renowned neglected diseases expert and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Peter Hotez, received the Distinguished Achievement Award from B’nai B’rith International this March.