Ronald C. Kennedy
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Ronald C. Kennedy | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 3, 1954 |
| Died | June 29, 2011 (aged 56) |
| Alma mater | Rutgers College |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Virology |
| Institutions | Texas Tech University |
| Thesis | Chicken idiotypic specificities : characterization and expression (1981) |
Ronald C. Kennedy (December 3, 1954 – June 29, 2011)[2] was a virus immunologist at Texas Tech University. Prior to his appointment there he was affiliated with Baylor University, where he had previously done postdoctoral studies. Furthermore, when he switched affiliations to Texas Tech, he was also an adjunct, associate and full professor in the Departments of Microbiology and Pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. After his tenure in San Antonio, he switched affiliations to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center's department of microbiology and immunology. In the 1980s he was affiliated with the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, during which time he published some research pertaining to SV40 and intracellular protein transport.[3] More recently, Kennedy has published some research regarding DNA vaccination, mostly in the journal Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy.
Kennedy received his MS and PhD from the University of Hawaii in Honolulu after attending graduate school there, and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers College.[4]
