ACGT® - Scientifc Advisory Council - Joseph C. Glorioso III, Ph.D.

Scientific Advisory Council

Joseph C. Glorioso III, Ph.D.
Chairman and Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry,
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

Dr. Glorioso, III, Ph.D., is world-renowned for his work on the molecular and genetic aspects of the herpes simplex virus and how to better engineer this organism as a vector for transporting therapeutic genes. Dr. Glorioso's role as an international leader in the field of gene therapy also is recognized by his positions as founder and former president of the American Society of Gene Therapy, U.S. editor of Gene Therapy, and editorial board member of Molecular Therapy.

Dr. Glorioso received his bachelor's degree and doctorate from Louisiana State University before joining the University of Michigan Medical School in the late 1970s. There, he attained the rank of professor and assistant dean for research and graduate studies. In 1989, he joined the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine in his current position, as Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry.

Dr. Glorioso, who also holds the McEllroy Professorship in Biochemistry, is the director of the Molecular Medicine Institute at the University of Pittsburgh, a position he has held since the formation of the Institute in 2000. In addition, he currently co-directs a Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Center and is associate director for the Center for Cell Therapeutics, both established in Pittsburgh in 2000.

His work has led to twelve issued patents related to his field of research, and he has published 275 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 51 book chapters in the scientific literature.

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