About the Authors

Peter J. Hotez

hotez@bcm.edu

Affiliations Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America, Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The author is a patent holder and lead investigator on vaccines in clinical trials against hookworm and schistosomiasis, as well as on several other vaccines against neglected tropical diseases.