Campbell trained at Ohio State University, American University, George Washington University and Duke University.[2]
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.[3]
Campbell became an associate professor of medical mycology at Harvard University's School of Public Health in 1962.[2] She was elected President of the Medical Mycological Society of the Americas in 1969.[5] 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.[2] In 1975, Campbell
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.[2] She died on October 8, 1993, in Boston after a brief illness.[2]
Saslaw, Samuel; Campbell, Charlotte C. (1949). "A Comparison between Histoplasmin and Blastomycin by the Collodion Agglutination Technique". Public Health Reports. 64 (9): 290–294. doi:10.2307/4586872. JSTOR4586872. PMID18111632.
Saslaw, Samuel; Campbell, Charlotte C. (1949). "A Collodion Agglutination Test for Histoplasmosis". Public Health Reports. 64 (13): 424–429. doi:10.2307/4586906. JSTOR4586906. PMID18124818.
