As Assistant Director of Media Relations, Dobbs is responsible for promoting faculty research, programs and events for the Rollins School of Public Health, the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, as well as various departments in the School of Medicine.

Dobbs comes to Emory from the Atlanta office of GolinHarris International, a global public relations agency. She was the primary writer for the agency's healthcare team and also served as media relations specialist for Piedmont Healthcare, the Georgia Division of Public Health and the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses. In addition, Dobbs provided crisis communications support and coordinated special events including Gov. Perdue's statewide "Be Active" campaign launch, the 2006 Tour de Georgia Live Healthy Georgia Expo and Piedmont Hospital's centennial anniversary nursing school reunion.

A native of Atlanta, Dobbs is a graduate of Emory University. She also received a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.