Otto J. Plescia, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Immunology, Waksman Institute, Rutgers University, is currently Adjunct Professor of Medical Microbiology & Immunology at the University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida. His main research interests relate to the pathogenesis of virus and cancer induced immunodeficiency, and the development of immunomodulating drugs to treat such immunodeficiencies. He has served on the Advisory Boards of several immunological journals, is a member of the American Association of Immunologists and other professional societies, and has published extensively on the subject of acquired immunodeficiency. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1947.
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