8 Faculty Members Honored at Celebration of Excellence

This highest State University of New York rank recognizes exceptional faculty merit and outstanding academic contributions.

Anthony A. Campagnari, PhD
SUNY Distinguished Professor of microbiology and immunology

This award recognizes outstanding academic and creative achievements across a broad spectrum of scholarly and artistic fields.

M. Laura Feltri, MD
Professor of biochemistry and neurology

This award acknowledges faculty members who have made sustained and wide-ranging service contributions to a broad array of university constituents.

Peter L. Elkin, MD
Professor and chair of biomedical informatics

Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD
Professor and chair of surgery

This honor recognizes outstanding teaching ability through superb classroom performance.

Michael E. Duffey, PhD
Professor of physiology and biophysics

This award honors outstanding professional achievement that has been focused on a particular body of work over a number of years. It recognizes an unprecedented accomplishment in a senior scholar’s career, distinguishing a body of work of enduring importance that has gone beyond the norm in a particular field of study.

Jeffrey M. Lackner, PsyD
Professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Behavioral Medicine

Ram Samudrala, PhD
Professor of biomedical informatics and chief of the Division of Bioinformatics

This award recognizes exceptional excellence in faculty mentoring of graduate students at the University at Buffalo.

Stylianos Andreadis, PhD
Professor of biomedical engineering

UB President Satish K. Tripathi, told the honorees at the Oct. 31 event that by excelling in their pursuit of excellence, they have “inspired our entire university community.”

“You are making a difference here at UB and in the communities we serve,” he said, noting that the honorees carry out their missions everyday by thinking critically and working collaboratively in classrooms, libraries, labs, studios, offices and beyond.

“Their dedication benefits every aspect of our university,” he said.