She received a BS in Chemistry from Grove City College, Grove City, PA and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from West Virginia University School of Medicine. From 1971 to 1973 she was a Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Pharmacology-Morphology at West Virginia University Medical School. She has been a Research Specialist and/or faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh since 1976. Corey teaches Physiology and Pharmacology courses to undergraduate and graduate students in the Schools of Pharmacy, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and Dental Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh.