Peter J. Hotez

What I admire most about Peter Hotez is his willingness to step out of the lab and into the public square. A Yale-trained pediatrician and vaccinologist born in Hartford, he could have stayed comfortably in research, yet he chose neglected tropical diseases, a field with little glory and even less profit. More striking is his decision to communicate science to ordinary people, knowing that visibility invites attack. To me, his real gift is translation, turning dense immunology into language a worried parent can grasp. That blend of credibility and courage is rarer than any credential, and I find it genuinely moving.

Name (English)

Peter J. Hotez

Name (Japanese)

ピーター・J・ホッテズ

Reading

ぴーたー・J・ほってず

Born

May 5, 1958 (age 68)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Dog

Origin

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Occupation

pediatrician / vaccinologist / writer / university teacher / physician

High school

Hall High School

University

Yale University

Awards & achievements

• 2011 Abraham Horwitz Award

• Official sitehttps://peterhotez.org/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/peterhotez/
• Xhttps://x.com/PeterHotez
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Hotez
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7174738

Tags

• Connecticut
• pediatrician
• vaccinologist
• writer

Last updated

2026-06-24

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