She is associate professor emeritus from the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Division of Epidemiology at University of California, San Diego. As an epidemiologist, Dr. Morton has a long history of varied research experience in many areas of Public Health/Medicine such as diabetes, osteoporosis, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, obesity and tobacco use primarily in ethnic and sexual minority populations, and has authored or co-authored over 70 publications in scientific journals. In 2005, she was given the UCSD Chancellor’s Diversity Award for her work in the LGBT community. Dr. Morton is also currently affiliated faculty with the Department of American Indian Studies and the California Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center (CICSC) at CSUSM.