Peter J. Hotez is distinguished research professor, Walter G. Ross Professor, and chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University. He is also president of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, an affiliated nonprofit research and advocacy organization, and director and principal investigator of Sabin Vaccine Development, a product development partnership supported by the Sabin Vaccine Institute.
Hotez received a bachelor’s degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry magna cum laude (Phi Beta Kappa) from Yale University, a doctorate from Rockefeller University, and a doctorate in medicine from Weill Cornell Medical College. He obtained pediatric residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital and postdoctoral training at the Yale University School of Medicine.