Researchers’ Journal Article Amongst Top 10 Cited in 2023

By Dirk Hoffman

The authors of the manuscript titled “Microbial Biofilm: A Review on Formation, Infection, Antibiotic Resistance, Control Measures, and Innovative Treatment,” are from four different departments at the Jacobs School and one has a joint appointment at Roswell Park.

The paper summarizes the complexities of biofilms, their health consequences, and theories behind biofilm composition, development, drug-resistant diseases, and innovative treatment approaches.

Satish Sharma, MD, associate professor of urology at the Jacobs School, is first author on the paper published June 19, 2023.

In a little more than a year, the article has been widely appreciated and as of June 24, 2024, had 20,301 views, over 3,255 downloads, and more than 75 citations.

Co-authors are:

• Ravikumar Aalinkeel, PhD, research associate professor of medicine and urology
• Liana Bruggemann, a fellow in the Department of Biomedical Informatics
• Supriya D. Mahajan, PhD, MPH, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology
  
• James Mohler, MD, professor of oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and professor of urology at the Jacobs School 
• Stanley A. Schwartz, MD, PhD, UB Distinguished Professor of medicine and pediatrics and chief of the Department of Medicine’s Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology