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In-Person
April 28-29, 2022
Keynote Speaker
Peter Hotez, MD PhD
Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology
Texas Children's Hospital Chair in Tropical Pediatrics
Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Date
Thursday, April 28, 2022
4:30 - 5:30 PM
Jones Hall
Title
COVID-19 Vaccines: Science vs Antiscience
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a vast global equity gap that failed the low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Using an approach for low cost global health vaccines Dr. Hotez began as an MD PhD student at Rockefeller University in the 1980s, he will discuss how this applies to a low cost and widely accessible COVID-19 vaccine now released for emergency use authorization in India for children and adult 12 and up. In parallel, he will discuss his efforts to combat rising antivaccine sentiments across the US and globally and how this transformed into a globalized antiscience empire now leading to the deaths of thousands. Together efforts to promote global vaccine equity while countering antiscience aggression reflects his shared commitment to science for the benefit of humanity.
Bio
Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc (hon) FAAP FASTMH is professor of pediatrics and molecular virology at Baylor College of Medicine, where he is also co-director of the Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development and Endowed Chair in Tropical Pediatrics. He is a vaccine scientist who led the development of vaccines to prevent and treat neglected tropical diseases and coronavirus infections. Together with Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi and a team of scientists, a new Texas Children’s CVD COVID19 vaccine has been scaled for industrial production at Biological E (BioE) in Hyderabad, India for pending emergency use listing. Prof. Hotez obtained his undergraduate degree from Yale University and his MD and PhD from Weil Cornell Medical College and Rockefeller University. He is the author of more than 600 scientific articles indexed on PubMed, and 4 single author books. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and he has been honored by PAHO/WHO, Research America, B’nai Brith, American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTMH) and other organizations. He is past president of ASTMH and appears frequently on major news outlets (CNN, MSNBC, BBC, NPR) promoting global health, and vaccines and immunizations, countering antivaccine and antiscience movements.
More Information
www.peterhotez.org
