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Christina Muzny

Christina Muzny, MD

Infectious Diseases

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Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Adults

Languages

  • English

About Christina Muzny

Biography

Dr. Christina Muzny obtained her medical degree at the Texas A&M University Health Sciences Center College of Medicine. She subsequently completed an internal medicine residency and an infectious diseases fellowship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center prior to joining the infectious diseases faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in 2010. Dr. Muzny currently has a K23 career development award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study the pathogenesis of bacterial vaginosis among African American women who have sex with women. For this effort and her other research efforts, she received the 2014 Young Investigator Award from the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at UAB, a teaching faculty for the Alabama-North Carolina STD/HIV Prevention Training Center, and an Associate Scientist for the UAB Center for AIDS Research.

Title

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

Specialty Services

LGBT Health

Research Interests

HIV and sexually transmitted infections (specifically vaginal infections - BV and trichomoniasis) among difficult-to-reach populations of women, including African American women who have sex with women.

Awards & Recognition

Inspirational Physician Honoree, September 2017, American Medical Association Women Physician’s Section
2014 Young Investigator Award; American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association

Memberships

Infectious Diseases Society of Gynecology
Infectious Diseases Society of America
American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association
American Society of Microbiology
American College of Physicians
Southern Society for Clinical Investigation

Expertise

Education

  • Graduate School: University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, 2017
  • Fellowship: University Of Mississippi Medical Center, 2009
  • Residency: University Of Mississippi Medical Center, 2006
  • Internship: University Of Mississippi Medical Center, 2004
  • Medical Education: Texas A & M College of Medicine, 2003

Board Certifications

  • Infectious Disease: American Board of Internal Medicine, 2008
  • Internal Medicine: American Board of Internal Medicine, 2006