Fields Medical mycology | Name Charlotte Campbell | |
Died October 8, 1993(1993-10-08) (aged 78)
Boston, Massachusetts Institutions Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Harvard University's School of Public Health Known for Researching the epidemiology and treatment of histoplasmosis | ||
Charlotte Catherine Campbell (December 4, 1914 – October 8, 1993) was an American medical mycologist.
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Biography
Charlotte Catherine Campbell was born on a farm near Winchester, Virginia on December 4, 1914.
Campbell trained at Ohio State University, American University, George Washington University and Duke University.
Campbell reported in 1945 that growth of the yeast form of Sporothrix schenckii was "luxuriantly supported" by a glucose-cystine blood agar growth medium. She also found that the medium supported growth of the yeast phase of Histoplasma capsulatum with some modification.
In 1948 Campbell was made Walter Reed Army Institute of Research's medical mycology chief. At Walter Reed she performed serological tests diagnosing cases of Histoplasmosis capsulati, blastomycosis, and coccidioidomycosis with Samuel Saslaw and G. Hill.
Campbell became an associate professor of medical mycology at Harvard University's School of Public Health in 1962. She was elected President of the Medical Mycological Society of the Americas in 1969. She was advanced to full professor at Harvard in 1970. She became professor of medical sciences at Southern Illinois University in 1973. She was a department chair from 1974 until 1977, when she retired. Campbell co-authored or wrote over 100 treatises, with a particular focus on the epidemiology and treatment of histoplasmosis. In 1975, Campbell
The International Society for Human and Animal Mycology conferred its highest award to Campbell in 1979.
Following her academic retirement, Campbell spent three years working for the American Society for Microbiology on student exchanges to the Soviet Union. She also volunteered with battered women and at Brigham and Women's Hospital. She died on October 8, 1993 in Boston after a brief illness.