is a Professor in the Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, as well as President of the International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI), and member of the Center for Global Health. She received her M.S. in medical microbiology from West Virginia University, and her MPH and DrPH in immunology and infectious diseases were from Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. She is the Director of the University International STI, and Respiratory Diseases, Research Laboratory.