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    Changing the world

    Houston Medical Center rising as a global health hub: New star doc & programsgain UN notice

    Sarah Rufca
    Aug 30, 2011 | 12:51 pm
    • Peter Hotez is enough of a medical superstar that Bill Clinton knows him by hisfirst name. Now, he calls the Texas Medical Center home.

    Whether it's a cancer breakthrough or the rehabilitation of a congresswoman shot on the job, the Texas Medical Center has a high national profile across nearly every advanced medical discipline. But with prestigious new programs and doctors setting up here, Houston is also making a name for itself in the world of global health initiatives, according to the United Nations Dispatch.

    Where global health initiatives are concerned, Houston and Baylor College of Medicine have been home to the highly regarded Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative since 1996. With a network of clinics and satellite centers across Africa and Eastern Europe, BIPAI provides HIV/AIDS treatment for 80,000 children worldwide, more than any other program.

    But that's just the beginning. This summer BCM and Texas Children's Hospital landed a coup when they recruited Dr. Peter Hotez, an expert in tropical and neglected diseases described by the Dispatch as "an international health force of nature." Hotez joined the staff at both hospitals on Aug. 1 and is serving as founding dean of the new National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, the first program of its kind in the United States.

    “Dr. Peter Hotez is an iconic figure in neglected tropical diseases and vaccine development,” Baylor CEO and president Dr. Paul Klotman said in announcing Hotez's hiring. “His work has impacted millions of the world’s poorest people. With his leadership in these new programs at Baylor and Texas Children’s, our commitment to global medicine is accelerated to the top tier of academic institutions. He is truly a remarkable leader.”

    This summer BCM and Texas Children's Hospital landed a coup when they recruited Dr. Peter Hotez, an expert in tropical and neglected diseases described by the Dispatch as "an international health force of nature."

    Dr. Hotez brings with him his nonprofit, the Sabin Vaccine Institute, which relocated its vaccine development program and 20 researchers to Houston (specifically to Texas Children's Feigin Center) from Washington, D.C. In Houston, the institute will be working on the first-ever hookworm disease vaccine.

    Baylor and Texas Children's also announced earlier this year that the programs are founding a Texas Children's Center for Global Health. Led by renowned researcher Dr. Russell E. Ware, the program will focus on underserved populations to "address major causes of child morbidity and mortality globally. It will also provide screening, treatment and education to positively impact critical global health issues affecting children such as sickle cell disease, malaria, tuberculosis, malnutrition and cancer." The program's first initiative will be to screen and treat children for sickle cell anemia in Luanda, Angola.

    As the United Nations Dispatch points out, it's not just that Texas Medical Center programs are changing to match global health initiatives. The discipline of global health is also increasingly focused on many noncommunicable diseases that the medical center specializes in — as demonstrated by the first-ever U.N. high level meeting on noncommunicable diseases in September.

    For this and many other areas of global health, many will continue to look to Houston as a leader.

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    she has the power

    National food magazine champions Houston nonprofit head on new 'Power 100' list

    Eric Sandler
    Jun 10, 2025 | 5:45 pm
    Lindsey Brown Southern Smoke Foundation
    Photo by Julie Soefer
    Lindsey Brown is Southern Smoke's new executive director.

    The leader of one of Houston’s most prominent nonprofits is basking in the national spotlight. Lindsey Brown, co-founder and executive director of the Southern Smoke Foundation, is part of the inaugural class of Cherry Bombe magazine’s Power List.

    Published on June 6, the Cherry Bombe Power List is the latest initiative from the media company that focuses on women in the world of food and beverage. The list celebrates women in a range of disciplines in the food world, including TV stars such as Top Chef’s Kristen Kish and Gail Simmons; lifestyle guru Martha Stewart; powerhouse chefs such as Dominique Crenn (the only women in America to lead a three-star Michelin restaurant) and Beard Award winner Mashama Bailey (The Grey in Savannah); and actor Liza Colón-Zayas, who won an Emmy for playing Tina in The Bear.

    Brown, who co-founded Southern Smoke with her husband, James Beard Award-winner (and CultureMap wine columnist) Chris Shepherd, left a successful career as a publicist to become Southern Smoke’s executive director in 2023. The organization provides assistance to hospitality workers nationwide through its Emergency Relief Fund and offers access to mental health counseling in 10 states and Washington, D.C. through its Behind You initiative. The organization's star-studded annual food festival will return to Discovery Green in October.

    “It was an incredible honor — and a bit daunting — to be recognized alongside so many women I look up to,” Brown said in response to CultureMap’s request for comment. “As a former publicist, Cherry Bombe is a publication I respect for many reasons, especially because of the way they lift up and celebrate women in the industry. I never imagined being recognized on a list with my heroes like Ellen Yin, Gail Simmons, and Martha Hoover. I’m so honored and also even more focused on Southern Smoke Foundation’s mission to support the F+B industry."

    Brown isn’t the only Texas on the list. Cherry Bombe also recognized chef Tracy Malechek-Ezekiel, who has earned both a spot in the Michelin guide and a James Beard Award finalist nomination for her Austin restaurant Birdie’s, and New York Times restaurant critic Priya Krisha, who grew up in Dallas.

    “We’re honored to spotlight these amazing leaders in culinary, hospitality, philanthropy, and beyond,” Kerry Diamond, Cherry Bombe’s founder and editor-in-chief, said in a statement. “Our CEO, Kate Miller Spencer, and I came up with the idea for the Power Issue last year when we thought we would finally have a woman in the White House. That moment didn’t arrive, but the entire Cherry Bombe team remains firm believers in the power of women to lead, create change, push boundaries, and build community — especially in the food and drink space. Celebrating these women is more important than ever.”

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