Sylvia Becker-Dreps, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine

Phone: (919) 843-4818, (919) 966-3711
Fax: (919) 966-6125
Email: sbd@unc.edu

509 Manning Drive

Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7595

Education

M.D., Duke University, 1997
M.P.H, University of North Carolina, 2008

Research Summary

Prevention of infectious diseases in Central America; Evaluation of vaccine effectiveness; Childhood diarrhea.

Clinical interests

Primary care of Spanish-speaking populations in the community health center setting.

Publications

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Biosketch

Breakthrough of the Year!

The HIV Prevention Trials Network 052 study, led by center director Myron S. Cohen, M.D., has been named the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year by the journal Science.

News: Quest to understand Hepatitis C link with liver cancer receives $2.35 million boost 2012-05-22; Rutala recieves Harriet Hylton Barr Distinguished Alumni Award 2012-05-11; Longer breastfeeding along with antiretroviral drugs could lower HIV transmission to babies 2012-04-26; Drug helps purge hidden HIV virus, UNC study shows 2012-03-08; Researchers warn of untreatable gonorrhea in the United States 2012-02-09; More news…

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