David A. Lawrence, M.S., Ph.D., obtained his A.B. from Rutgers University followed by his M.S. and Ph.D. at Boston College where he researched immunoparasitology and immunochemistry. Upon graduating he did postdoctoral research in immunopathology at Scripps Clinical and Research Foundation, La Jolla, CA.  Upon returning to the East, he joined the Department of Microbiology and Immunology of Albany Medical College. He later became a Professor in Pharmacology and Toxicology and started in the Cellular Immunology Lab of Albany Medical Center Hospital.  He joined New York State’s Wadsworth Center as the Lab Chief of Immunology and directed the Cellular Immunology Lab for the state. His research has connected biomedical sciences and environmental health sciences, and he is a Professor in these departments at the School of Public Health at the University at Albany, NY.  His research has focused on environmental toxicants and biological, physical, and psychological stresses on the development of autoimmune diseases, autism spectrum disorders, and microbial diseases.