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#CrowdCloudLIVE After each episode's WORLD premiere in April, show host, producer, and people seen on the show participated in post-premiere roundtable discussions. Viewers like you listened in, asked questions, and were able to dive deeper into the power of Citizen Science.

Watch the recorded Facebook Live events now. Discover more about how Citizen Science is revolutionizing the ways we gather, analyze, and utilize the data that fuels scientific research, discovery, and community action.

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Peter Hotez
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Peter is the Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and a Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine. He is the President of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, and the Director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development. His research focuses on developing vaccines for neglected tropical diseases such as hookworm infection, schistosomiasis and Chagas disease. Peter founded The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases and provides access to essential medicines for more than 450 million people. Peter has a Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biophysics from Yale University, and a PhD in Biochemical Parasitology from Rockefeller University. He earned his Medical Degree from Weill Cornell Medical College and trained in pediatrics, infectious disease, and molecular parasitology in the years that followed. Peter predicts that a vaccine for Zika virus will not be created in the immediate future, but that citizen science, mobile apps and education can play a big role in lessening the virus’s impact. He is a frequent user of Twitter (@PeterHotez) to share the latest developments in global health issues, and appears frequently on TV, radio and in the press.

http://peterhotez.org
https://bcm.edu/people/view/peter-hotez-m-d-ph-d/b1846a47-ffed-11e2-be68...

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