Dr. Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the prestigious C.-E. A. Winslow Medal. This award honors individuals whose work embodies the ideals of C.-E. A. Winslow, the founder of Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) and a pioneer of modern public health.

Join YSPH to honor recipient Dr. Hotez, MD, PhD, on Wednesday, April 23 at noon.

About Dr. Peter Hotez, MD, PhD

Dr. Hotez is a professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine where he is also co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine. He is also a university professor of biology at Baylor University.

Dr. Hotez is a vaccine scientist, biochemist, and pediatrician who has led or co-led the development of vaccines for parasitic infections-hookworm, schistosomiasis, Chagas disease-currently in clinical trials, and several coronavirus vaccines, including two low-cost COVID vaccines for global health so far administered to 100 million children and adults in India and Indonesia. He is also an ardent vaccine advocate and science explainer who combats antiscience and antisemitism in America, and globally.