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Dr. Specter received his BA in Biology (1969) and Ph.D. in
Microbiology and Immunology (1975) from Temple University,
Philadelphia, PA. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the Albert
Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, in Experimental Immunology
and then served as Director of Clinical Virology at the same
institution.
Dr. Specter joined the faculty of the University of South
Florida College of Medicine in 1979 as Assistant Professor
of Medical Microbiology and Immunology. He became a Professor
in 1991. Dr. Specter has served the College of Medicine
as
Secretary of the Faculty Council, Chairman of college committees
on Space Allocation, Appointment Promotion and Tenure, and
Curriculum, and was appointed Co-Director of Curriculum and
Medical Education in July, 1997, then Associate Dean for
Pre-Clinical
Education in 1998, he was appointed Associate Dean for Student
Affairs in May, 2001.
He established the Annual Clinical Virology Symposium in
1985 and continues to Chair this internationally renowned
conference. He has served as Chair of the Clinical Immunology
Division of the American Society for Microbiology, was Editor-in-Chief
of the Cumitech series for the American Society for Microbiology,
was President of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology,
and is President of the Florida Branch of the American Society
for Microbiology.
Dr. Specter serves on numerous journal editorial boards
and professional councils. His research spanned the fields
of retrovirus induced immune deficiency and effects of abused
drugs on the immune system. He is the author of more than
175 original scientific publications, review articles and
book chapters and has edited a dozen books. Dr. Specter's
awards include 2 outstanding teaching awards (1991, 1996)
and the Theodore and Vanette Askonas-Ashford Distinguished
Scholar Award by the University of South Florida in 1997.
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