Dr. Abbas received his medical degree (MBBS) in India, completed training in Pathology at Harvard and joined the faculty at Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he became Professor of Pathology and Head of the Immunology Research Division. From 1999-2018, he was Professor and Chairman of Pathology at the University of California San Francisco. He has received several honors, including election to the National Academy of Medicine. He has served as a founding Editor and Associate Editor of Immunity, Associate Editor and Section Editor for The Journal of Immunology, Associate Editor of Cell, Consulting Editor of The Journal of Clinical Investigation, and founding Editor of the Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease. From 2011-2013, he was the President of the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS). His research interests are the control of immune responses and the causes of autoimmunity. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers and invited reviews, and is the author of four widely read textbooks, two in Immunology and two in Pathology. He has taught Immunology at Harvard Medical School and UCSF, and has organized and conducted Immunology courses worldwide.