लेखक: Peter J. Hotez

Peter J. Hotez, MD, Ph D, is an internationally-recognized physician-scientist in NTDs and vaccine development. Professor Hotez is Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine, codirector of the Texas Children”s Center for Vaccine Development, Texas Children”s Hospital Endowed Chair of Tropical Pediatrics, and the founding Editorin-Chief of PLo S Neglected Tropical Diseases, among other appointments. “Like Dr. Hotez, I have struggled with how to best get the word out about our need to address NTDs and their link to poverty. Now he has provided us all with a remarkable tool, a book for people without an extensive scientific or medical background. Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases is an excellent “one-stop” primer about NTDs.” –Soledad O”Brien, Host, Matter of Fact with Soledad O”Brien