Looking Back and Looking Forward

Marcia Hobbs, PhD, is a professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases. She conducts translational research focused on non-viral sexually transmitted infections; the lab supports a variety of research projects aimed directly at diagnosis, treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted infections or the use of these infections as bio-markers in evaluating biomedical or behavioral interventions aimed at STI/HIV prevention. Dr. Hobbs is also active in undergraduate medical education at UNC. She is a co-director of the Foundation Phase and the Microbiology Coil Director.