InTown’s Man of the Year 2021
Dr. Peter Hotez by Marene Gustin
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1511 Ruth St | Museum District
List Price $894,000 | MLS# 88264164
Modern/Contemporary 4 story home in Museum District with Downtown views. Oak wood and stained concrete floors - no carpet. High ceilings. Gourmet island kitchen with stainless steel Bosch appliance package. Gameroom on 4th floor has full bath and two large terraces - one has Downtown views and water/gas connections. David M. Young | Compass RE Texas | 713-320-6453
614 Regentview Dr. | YorkshireMemorial Vil List Price $1,477,000 | MLS# 108058329496377
Completely renovated 5 bedroom, three and one half bathrooms, a unique wine cellar, a Gameroom, Office, &Exercise room overlooking the modern pool. Zoned to acclaimed SBISD Schools in sought-after Yorkshire neighborhood. Genevieve Rowland | Keller Williams | 281-904-7014
ouston’s own Dr. Peter J. Hotez is for many the face of the pandemic, the man who’s been on every newscast and quoted in every paper and periodical. Truly the most recognized local authority on COVID-19. He’s gone from being a rock star in just the medical community to a household name. The 63-year-old scientist and pediatrician has a resume that could fill pages, but the highlights are Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine where he is also the Co-director of the Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) and Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair of Tropical Pediatrics. He is also a University Professor at Baylor University, Fellow in Disease and Poverty at the James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Senior Fellow at the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at Texas A&M University, Faculty Fellow with the Hagler Institute for Advanced Studies at Texas A&M University, and Health Policy Scholar in the Baylor Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy. Pretty impressive credentials. He’s also spent a good portion of time lately on social media debunking myths and rumors surrounding the current pandemic, so we asked him a few questions about what scientific information can predict for the New Year. And the resounding theme is vaccination, vaccination, vaccination. And he’s doing his best to make that happen. Current data indicates the Omicron variant might pass pretty quickly. What does that mean for the public? I think that assessment may be premature, yes, the numbers in the UK and South Africa are starting to come down not long after they went up, but we’ve seen other peaks start to come down and then plateau for a period of weeks. It may happen, and that would be great, but I don’t think we can count on it. But there will likely be new variants in 2022. Will that require new vaccines or more boosters? As long as we fail to vaccinate the Southern Hemisphere, we risk generating new variants, that’s how we got Delta from India and Omicron from Southern Africa. So, vaccinating the world is a priority. What’s the importance of Corbevax, or BioE COVID-19 that you helped develop at the Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development? Corbevax is the vaccine from Biological E in India, co-developed with our technology. The center is co-headed by myself and Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi. We’re hoping this 8 | Mv | January + February 2022
