Jane Schwebke, MD completed her medical school and residency in Internal Medicine at Northwestern University. She then completed a Fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of Washington in Seattle where she began her research in STIs and vaginitis.
Dr. Schwebke served as Director of the City of Chicago STD Program until 1994 when she began her career at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the Division of Infectious Diseases. While there she was Medical Director for the Jefferson County STD Program and continued her research in STD/vaginitis.
Over the past 30 years, Dr. Schwebke has concentrated her research on vaginitis, especially trichomoniasis and bacterial vaginosis. She is currently a Professor Emeritus in the Division of Infectious Diseases at UAB.