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Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
UAB
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Dr. Marrazzo is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is internationally recognized for her research and education efforts in the field of sexually transmitted infections, especially as they affect women’s health and in the setting of HIV. She is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and was elected to the IDSA Board of Directors in 2018. She conducts research on the human microbiome, specifically as it relates to female reproductive tract infections and hormonal contraception, and its relationship to women’s risk of STI/HIV acquisition. She is also the Principal Investigator of the NIH-funded STI Clinical Trials Group. Dr. Marrazzo’s other research interests sexually transmitted diseases in people with HIV, and management of antibiotic resistance in gonorrhea.