Dr. Jodie Dionne-Odom is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Chief of Women's Health at the 1917 HIV Clinic, and the Associate Director of Global Health in the UAB Center for Women's Reproductive Health. As a physician-scientist, she leads clinical trials to identify new ways to treat and prevent infections in women and pregnancy.
Dr. Dionne works to improve women's health in the US and in Africa. Her current global health research focuses on preventing malaria, sexually transmitted infections, and hepatitis B among pregnant women in Cameroon and Zambia. She also leads multicenter clinical trials in the US focused on the treatment and prevention of syphilis and gonorrhea. She is a member of the CDC/HRSA advisory committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention and Treatment (CHAC), the COVID-19 Taskforce for the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), and the Alabama STD Medical Advisory Council. Dr. Dionne is also a research mentor for students and trainees working to improve infection outcomes in the US and in Africa.