Joseph Cummins

DR. JOSEPH CUMMINS was a faculty member at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine and at Texas A&M University Agricultural Experiment before he founded Amarillo Biosciences. At Amarillo, Dr. Cummins has served as the Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the board and President for the last 26 years. He has researched orally administered interferon for over 30 years, has 53 publications and is listed as the inventor on 17 issued patents. His teaching and research interests include virology, microbiology and immunology. Dr. Cummins served as the CEO during an IPO in 1996 and during almost 30 human clinical trials. He received a doctorate in microbiology from the University of Missouri and a doctorate of veterinary medicine from The Ohio State University.