Journal of Neuroinfectious Diseases
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Jacqueline Hobbs

Biography

 Dr. Hobbs serves as the Vice Chair for Education and Residency Training Director. Dr. Hobbs graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Biology from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. She then attended Indiana University School of Medicine from which she graduated from the M.D./Ph.D. program with her graduate work in microbiology and immunology. Her thesis work focused on the mechanism of cell death caused by the rabies-related virus, vesicular stomatitis virus. Dr. Hobbs completed her first year of Psychiatry training at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. She then completed her second and third years of training at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana before moving to the University of Florida where she completed her final year of Psychiatry residency training. Upon completion of her Psychiatry residency, she joined the faculty of the University of Florida College of Medicine as an assistant professor. Dr. Hobbs received funding from the Stanley Medical Research Institute while still a resident to aid her in her studies of viral etiologies of schizophrenia. She continues this work as a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry.

Research Interest

 Dr. Hobbs' clinical interests include schizophrenia and other psychoses, bipolar disorder, women's mental health and thyroid disorders/cancer.