She is also the Director of the Jay Weiss Institute for Health Equity at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer. Her research focuses on community-based participatory research, cancer prevention, and health disparities. In 2004, she established Patnè en Aksyon (Partners in Action), a campus-community partnership between the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and community-based organizations in Miami's Little Haiti. Dr. Kobetz has been honored with, among others, Marie Claire Heureuse Health Leadership Award; Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Healthcare Professional Award; Sylvester Professorship; and most recently the Health Choice Network’s Jessie Trice Hero Award.