Before coming to UNC, she was a faculty member in the Department of Medicine at Emory University/Grady Memorial Hospital. She is currently the principal investigator on a National Institutes of Health Research Career Development Award and a Robert Wood Johnson Minority Medical Faculty Development Award to examine the patient-specific and investigator-specific factors that influence participation in research. Dr. Corbie-Smith has dedicated her academic career to understanding the health of minority and underserved communities, especially with regard to access to care and the influence of culture, race, ethnicity, and social class on health. Her research focuses on efforts to