Jeanne Marrazzo
Jeanne Marrazzo | |
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6th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | |
Assumed office September 24, 2023 | |
Deputy | Hugh Auchincloss |
Preceded by | Anthony Fauci |
Personal details | |
Education | MPH) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Infectious diseases |
Institutions | University of Washington School of Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham National Institutes of Health |
Thesis | Selective Screening Criteria for Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection in Women Attending Region X Family Planning and STD Clincs: Performance and Cost-Effectiveness (1994) |
Jeanne Marisa Marrazzo is an American physician-scientist and infectious diseases specialist. She was the director of the
Early life and education
Growing up in Dunmore, Pennsylvania,[1][2] Marrazzo chose to get into a career in medicine because her mother was a nurse and her role model.[3] She earned her undergraduate degree in biology from Radcliffe College and her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. Marrazzo later completed residency training and chief residency in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital.[4]
Career
Marrazzo joined the faculty at the University of Washington School of Medicine in 1995.[5] While there, she co-founded the Lesbian/Bisexual Women’s Health Study with nurse practitioner Kathleen Stine after noticing an unusual number of middle-aged women had abnormal Pap smears. The results of their findings secured them funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to investigate the prevalence and routes of transmission of various STDs among lesbian and bisexual women.[6] This led to a co-authored study titled Pap Smear Screening and Prevalence of Genital Human Papillomavirus Infection in Women Who Have Sex with Women, which found that out of 300 women in the Seattle area, 13 percent tested positive for HPV and 4 percent had pre-cancerous changes on a Pap test.[7] The following year, she was elected a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.[5]
In 2005, Marrazzo co-authored a study with
Considered an expert in the field of HIV prevention, Marrazzo was appointed a co-chair of an interdisciplinary panel of experts to create a guideline in achieving an AIDS-free generation. The guidelines, which were later published in the
In 2016, Marrazzo succeeded Edward W. Hook, III as director of the
In August 2023, Marrazzo was named director of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), succeeding acting director Hugh Auchincloss.[22] A lesbian, she is the first member of the LGBT community to hold the position.[23]
Selected publications
- Marrazzo, Jeanne M.; Ramjee, Gita; Richardson, Barbra A.; Gomez, Kailazarid; Mgodi, Nyaradzo; Nair, Gonasagrie; Palanee, Thesla; Nakabiito, Clemensia; van der Straten, Ariane; Noguchi, Lisa; Hendrix, Craig W.; Dai, James Y.; Ganesh, Shayhana; Mkhize, Baningi; Taljaard, Marthinette (2015-02-05). "Tenofovir-Based Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Infection among African Women". New England Journal of Medicine. 372 (6): 509–518. PMID 25651245.
- Unemo, Magnus; Bradshaw, Catriona S; Hocking, Jane S; de Vries, Henry J C; Francis, Suzanna C; Mabey, David; Marrazzo, Jeanne M; Sonder, Gerard J B; Schwebke, Jane R; Hoornenborg, Elske; Peeling, Rosanna W; Philip, Susan S; Low, Nicola; Fairley, Christopher K (9 July 2017). "Sexually transmitted infections: challenges ahead". The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 17 (8): e235–e279. PMID 28701272.
- Van Gerwen, Olivia T.; Muzny, Christina A.; Marrazzo, Jeanne M. (2 August 2022). "Sexually transmitted infections and female reproductive health". Nature Microbiology. 7 (8): 1116–1126. PMID 35918418.
References
- ^ Horvath, Jeff (May 11, 2020). "Doctor, Dunmore native overseeing team in clinical trials of potential coronavirus teatment [sic]". The Times-Tribune. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Marrazzo, Casey Earn DHS Honors". Scrantonian Tribune. 1980-06-08. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-05-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Women in Medicine Spotlight: Jeanne Marrazzo". uabmedicine.org. Archived from the original on March 12, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ "Jeanne Marrazzo". revive.gardp.org. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ a b c "JEANNE MARRAZZO Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). uab.edu. Retrieved May 22, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Neary, Walter (October 12, 1999). "Study examines STDs among women-to-women sex partners". washington.edu. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ Neary, Walter (May 31, 2001). "Women should have regular Pap smears regardless of sex partner's gender". washington.edu. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- PMID 16267321.
- ^ "ABIM Announces Members Of Its Subspecialty Board On Infectious Diseases". abim.org. American Board of Internal Medicine. July 1, 2008. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ "ABIM Elects Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, Chair Of Its Subspecialty Board on Infectious Diseases". abim.org. July 1, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ "VOICE trial shows low PrEP adherence, efficacy among women". healio.com. February 5, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ Cairns, Gus (February 9, 2015). "VOICE trial: Microbicide gel may have stopped two out of three HIV infections – in the women who used it". aidsmap.com. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ Nodell, Bobbi (July 21, 2014). "AIDS-free generation is aim of new guidelines for clinicians". newsroom.uw.edu. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ "Marrazzo and Wald receive recognition awards". medicine.uw.edu. October 14, 2015. Archived from the original on May 13, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ "American Board of Internal Medicine Announces New Members and Officers on Board of Directors and Council". prleap.com. Press Release Distribution. July 6, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ Alexander, Alan (March 7, 2016). "Top HIV/AIDS researcher recruited to UAB for leadership post". bizjournals.ca. Business Journal. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ Koplon, Savannah (October 9, 2018). "Marrazzo named to national infectious disease organization board". uab.edu. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ Koplon, Savannah (October 23, 2019). "NIH study to explore vaccine for gonorrhea prevention". uab.edu. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ Thompson, Dennis (April 21, 2020). "Could tiny blood clots make COVID-19 more lethal?". medicalxpress.com. Medical Xpress. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ "Coronavirus patient in remdesivir drug trial says he left hospital "improving drastically"". CBS News. 2020-04-30. Archived from the original on 2023-05-24. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
- ^ "UAB: Moderna vaccine study is hopeful, study based on 8 patients' data". WTVY. 2020-05-19. Archived from the original on 2020-06-24. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
- ^ Goodman, Ben Tinker, Meg Tirrell, Brenda (2023-08-02). "New director named at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases following Dr. Anthony Fauci's retirement". CNN. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Ring, Trudy (August 4, 2023). "Lesbian and STI Expert Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo to Succeed Fauci at NIAID". www.advocate.com. Retrieved 2023-08-05.