The UAB-UMMC MWCCS team is pleased to announce Dr. Jodie Dionne-Odom’s appointment as co-Principal Investigator for the UAB-UMMC MWCCS. Given her two decades of experience as a physician in the field of women’s reproductive health in the US and abroad, previous work with the WIHS cohort, and her research focus on improving infection outcomes in women and pregnancy, Dr. Dionne complements and strengthens the current MWCCS team. As a clinician scientist, she has a life long passion for Infectious Diseases, HIV/STI, Women’s Health and Global Health.
Since joining the UAB Division of Infectious Disease in the Department of Medicine in 2013, Dr. Dionne has assumed the role of Chief of Women’s Health at the 1917 HIV Clinic, Associate Scientist in the Center for AIDS Research, and the Associate Director of Global Health for the Center for Women’s Reproductive Health. She was awarded the UAB Pittman Scholarship for Research Excellence in 2018 and she is a highly rated physician and research mentor in infectious diseases. She also serves as the Associate Director of the Cameroon Health Initiative (CHI UAB), Sparkman Global Scholar, Academic Editor for PLOS ONE, and UAB ID Fellowship Research Director.
Dr. Dionne is a leader in the field of HIV/STI co-morbidities and a member of the CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention and Treatment as well as a coauthor of the 2020 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines and the CDC Yellow Book Health Guidelines for Travelers. With NIH support, she is currently leading several randomized clinical trials in the US and in Africa to improve the prevention and treatment of coinfections in women with and without HIV. She has authored nearly 50 publications and given over 50 invited presentations to national and international scientific audiences. Recently, she has been engaged with educating the public about COVID19 in interviews with local and national media to share new information about disease transmission, prevention, and outbreak control.
Dr. Dionne resides in Birmingham with her husband Dr. James Dionne-Odom, also a member of the UAB faculty, and their two children. Her pastimes include travel, playing the piano and hiking.
Current UAB MWCCS staff includes Dr. Zenoria Causey Pruitt (Project Director), Dr. Corilyn Ott (Research Assistant), Ms. Margaret McDonald (Data Manager) and Ms. Amy Tubbs (Research Nurse Coordinator), with recent additions to our research team: Ms. Silvia Gisiger Camata, Mr. Henry R. Jones and Ms. Dannielle Freeman. Ms. Gisiger-Camata brings more than 11 years of research experience to assist with community outreach activities and website management. Mr. Henry R. Jones, a native of Birmingham, will assist with recruitment of new study participants, and Ms. Dannielle Freeman will join our valuable team of nurses.
Welcome aboard Dr. Dionne, Ms. Gisiger-Camata, Mr. Jones and Ms. Freeman!
Mirjam-Colette Kempf, MPH, PhD
Deborah Konkle-Parker, PhD
UAB-UMMC MWCCS Principal Investigators
If you would like additional information about the UAB-UMMC MACS/WIHS combined Cohort Study (MWCCS) study, please click the link: UAB-UMMC MWCCS Study.
