Joseph Dunbar (born 1944) is an American scientist Ph.D. in Physiology whose specialization is diabetes.
Like both his parents he attended Alcorn State University, where (encouraged by his biology and chemistry teachers) he decided to become a scientist.
After graduating college, he taught music in a high school, and the following year enrolled at Texas Southern University, graduating in with a MS in biology in 1966, and he stayed on for a year as a biology instructor.
In 1967, he enrolled in the doctoral program at Wayne State University, and began his career working in diabetes research.
Physiology Wayne State University(WSU) School of Medicine (SOM)(1998-2007);Assoc.