Jeanne Marrazzo is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA.

She is internationally recognized for her research and education efforts in the field of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), especially as they affect women’s health. She is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. She is board certified in infectious diseases.

Jeanne conducts research on the human microbiome, specifically as it relates to female reproductive tract infections and hormonal contraception. Her other research interests include the prevention of HIV infection using biomedical interventions, including microbicides.

She recently led the VOICE Study, a large study evaluating HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis administered vaginally and orally to women at high risk of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, conducted by the National Institutes of Health-funded Microbicide Trials Network.

Other areas of research interest include pathogenesis and the management of bacterial vaginosis, sexually transmitted diseases in HIV-infected persons, and the management of antibiotic resistance in gonorrhoea.

Jeanne is the author of 107 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 38 book chapters and reviews, and has written numerous other publications, videos, and manuscripts.

Jeanne has spent 21 years as a faculty member at the Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine, USA. Along with her tenure at UW, she was also an affiliate investigator for the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington.

Jeanne obtained her undergraduate degree from Harvard and Radcliffe College and medical degree from Jefferson Medical College. She completed residency training and chief residency in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital. She obtained a Master of Public Health degree in epidemiology at the University of Washington in 1994, where she also completed a fellowship in infectious diseases.