Anthony A. Campagnari, PhD '84

Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Medicine
Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

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Anthony Campagnari, PhD '84, is a professor of microbiology and immunology, as well as medicine. He completed a doctoral degree in tumor immunology and a postdoctoral fellowship in infectious disease at UB. In 1996 joined the microbiology and immunology faculty as a tenured associate professor.

Campagnari’s long-term research focuses on bacterial virulence factors, biofilm-associated components and putative vaccine antigens for two gram-negative human pathogens: Moraxella catarrhalis and Acinetobacter baumannii. More recently, he has expanded his research into the area of gram-positive bacteria. His latest publication in MBio describes a novel murine colonization model that has provided insights into the pathogenesis of secondary bacterial pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus. This work was featured in an American Society for Microbiology press release in 2016. In addition, his group is currently involved in a collaborative project focused on the development of a novel antimicrobial treatment for orthopedic-related infections.

Continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Defense, industry and private foundations for more than 25 years, Campagnari’s research has led to 75 publications, five U.S. patents and over $10 million in extramural funding.

Campagnari has been honored with the UB Sustained Achievement Award from the Exceptional Scholar Program (2002), the UB Visionary Innovator Award (2008), the UB Inventor and Entrepreneur Award (2009), the UB Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award (2015), the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ Dean’s Award (2016) and Stockton Kimball Award (2016).

Earlier this year, the American Academy of Microbiology elected Campagnari a Fellow. This honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology, recognizes excellence, originality and leadership in the microbiological sciences.