One-on-One with Peter Hotez

Description

The scientist on the hunt for a vaccine, why the feds failed Texas and how we can reopen safely by October.

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Speakers

Peter Hotez

Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and Co-Director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children's Hospital

Hotez is an expert in vaccine development and neglected tropical diseases. He has led several projects to develop new vaccines, including a vaccine to protect against SARS, an earlier coronavirus. Hotez is also a fellow in disease and poverty at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University and the founding dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine.

Moderator

Edgar Walters

Health Care Reporter for The Texas Tribune

Walters is an investigative reporter covering health and human services for the Tribune. In 2017, he won a Texas Medical Association Anson Jones Award for his coverage on foster care health. Previously, Walters was a political reporting fellow for the Berliner Zeitung, a daily newspaper in Berlin, and worked as an editor for The Daily Texan.