The journey from patient to researcher

Long before Erin Mobley, Ph.D., MPH, was an assistant professor in the department of surgery at the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville, she was a newborn baby at University Hospital, now UF Health Jacksonville. Born at 27 weeks gestation at just 2lbs., 3 oz., Mobley was considered extremely preterm and was cared for in the neonatal intensive care unit for three months. Years later, the former patient is now a faculty member working and conducting research in the same halls.

Learn more in this UF Health Jacksonville article.