vaccine diplomacy in the era of emerging and neglected ... · peter hotez, md, phd dean of the...

Central to “vaccine diplomacy” are its potential as a humanitarian intervention and its proven role in Dr. Hotez will talk about global programs to support vaccine diplomacy for pandemic threats and discuss the importance of creating a new generation of vaccines for emerging diseases. He will also highlight the need for new vaccines to prevent neglected tropical diseases, a group of chronic and debilitating Today, vaccine diplomacy is endangered by the rise of an aggressive antivaccine movement that has led to major measles epidemics in Europe and the United States. As a vaccine scientist and autism dad, Dr. Hoetz has led national eﬀorts to defend vaccines against the growing antivaccine threat. Dr. Hotez is an internationally recognized physician-scientist in neglected tropical diseases and vaccine development. He leads the only product-development partnership for developing new vaccines for hookworm infection, schistosomiasis, Chagas disease and SARS/MERS. He obtained his undergraduate degree in molecular biophysics from Yale University in 1980, followed by a PhD in biochemistry from Rockefeller University in 1986 and an MD from Weil Cornell Medical College in 1987. He is a past president of American Society of Tropical Medicine and an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. Sponsored by: Science, Health, and Engineering Policy and Diplomacy Initiative UA Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics University of Arizona College of Engineering SCIENCE, HEALTH, AND ENGINEERING POLICY AND DIPLOMACY SPEAKER SERIES Vaccine Diplomacy in the Era of Emerging and Neglected Infections Peter Hotez, MD, PhD Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine, professor of pediatrics and molecular virology & microbiology, Texas Children’s Hospital endowed chair of tropical pediatrics, and director of the Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development; all at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Friday, April 27, 2018 • Noon-1 p.m. Thomas W. Keating Bioresearch Building (BIO5 Institute) • Room 103 The talk is open to the public. For information contact Hassan Vafai at [email protected] or 520.621.5949.

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Page 1: Vaccine Diplomacy in the Era of Emerging and Neglected ... · Peter Hotez, MD, PhD Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine, professor of pediatrics and molecular virology

Central to “vaccine diplomacy” are its potential as a humanitarian intervention and its proven role in

Dr. Hotez will talk about global programs to support vaccine diplomacy for pandemic threats and discuss the importance of creating a new generation of vaccines for emerging diseases. He will also highlight the need for new vaccines to prevent neglected tropical diseases, a group of chronic and debilitating

Today, vaccine diplomacy is endangered by the rise of an aggressive antivaccine movement that has led to major measles epidemics in Europe and the United States. As a vaccine scientist and autism dad, Dr. Hoetz has led national e�orts to defend vaccines against the growing antivaccine threat.

Dr. Hotez is an internationally recognized physician-scientist in neglected tropical diseases and vaccine development. He leads the only product-development partnership for developing new vaccines for hookworm infection, schistosomiasis, Chagas disease and SARS/MERS.

He obtained his undergraduate degree in molecular biophysics from Yale University in 1980, followed by a PhD in biochemistry from Rockefeller University in 1986 and an MD from Weil Cornell Medical College in 1987. He is a past president of American Society of Tropical Medicine and an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.