Jerry Cangelosi

Dr. Cangelosi is an Affiliate Member, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, and an Affiliate Associate Professor in Epidemiology and in Global Heath, University of Washington. He has worked as a scientific consultant for AttoDx, and various international diagnostic and pharmaceutical companies. He has 18years of experience in infectious disease diagnostics development,epidemiology, and research. His work in the public and private sectors has generated 7 patents and over 60 publications in relevant fields including molecular diagnosis and molecular epidemiology. Much of this work has been technology-driven and has spanned diverse phylogenetic and biomedical systems including tuberculosis, non-tuberculous mycobacteria, waterborne pathogens, oral microbiology, and urogenital pathogens. At MicroProbe Corporation, he was involved in two successful diagnostic product launches. More recently, his laboratory at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute developed a novel bacterial detection technology that was licensed to AttoDx. He holds a B.S. in Microbiology and Public Health from Michigan State University, and a Ph.D. in Microbiology from University of California, Davis. On October 1, 2012, Dr. Cangelosi will assume a new position as Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences,University of Washington.