Author: Peter Hotez

About Peter Hotez

Peter Hotez, Co-Editor in Chief of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, President, Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, and Fellow in Disease and Poverty, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America. He is the author of Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases (ASM Press), Second Edition, which will be published this month. Follow Prof. Hotez on Twitter @PeterHotez

Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS): Sub-Saharan Africa’s Secret Scourge of Girls and Women

Category: General, Neglected Diseases | 3 Comments

Eliminating Neglect and Neglected Tropical Diseases

Category: General, Global Health Metrics, Neglected Diseases, Policy | 3 Comments

Twin Pillars of Poverty in Black America: NTDs and Incarceration

Category: General | 1 Comment

Neglected Tropical Diseases and the new Pope

Category: Neglected Diseases | 1 Comment