Professor of Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
Richmond, VA, United States
Dr. Marconi earned his Bachelor of Science degree at William Patterson College and PhD at the University of Montana studying microbiology and biophysical chemistry, respectively. After completing his PhD work, he began his post-doctoral training at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology where he studied bacterial metabolism. He then accepted an Intramural Research Training Award at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories, an NIH research facility, where he began working on Lyme disease and tick-borne relapsing fever. Dr. Marconi joined VCU Medical Center in 1994 and is now a Full Professor of Medicine. He has 33 years of experience studying pathogenic bacteria including the causative agents of Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, periodontal disease and leptospirosis. He has lectured worldwide, published over 120 research articles, been awarded numerous patents, and has been continuously funded since 1990. He has served on over 100 national and international advisory panels and was a chartered member of the Vaccines for Microbial Diseases NIH Study Section. Dr. Marconi serves on the editorial board for several prestigious journals. In 2016 he received the prestigious Billy R Martin Innovation award for his vaccine work. Dr. Marconi is a current nominee for election to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiologists. He is an inventor of VANGUARD®crLYME and is credited for the development of a new vaccine platform called “Chimeritope Technology”. His current research efforts are focused on the development of vaccines and improved diagnostic assays for several bacterial diseases.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023
10:35 AM – 11:25 AM
