Dr. Edwards currently serves as the Program Director of Endocrinology at the University of Florida. She received her MD from the University of Michigan and subsequently did her Internship, Residency and Chief residency at the University of Florida. She did a three year research fellowship, focusing on lipid biochemistry at the same institution, followed by another year at the University of Michigan working in the area of thyroid receptor molecular biology. She was on the faculty of the Endocrinology division for the next seven years, followed by 15 years in the private practice of Endocrinology in Gainesville, Florida. She recently returned to academics to focus on teaching and clinical work in the division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.