CURRICULUM VITAE
GISELLE CORBIE-SMITH, MD, MSc
Education
Degrees
M.Sc. - Clinical Research
Emory University
Department of Epidemiology
1998-2000
M.D. - Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1987-1991
B.A. - Biology and Genetics
Cornell University
College of Arts and Sciences
1982-1986
Postgraduate Training
Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM), Drexel University, 2006-2007
Clinical Ethics Faculty Fellow, Center for Ethics in Public Policy and Professions, Atlanta GA,
1998-2000
Health Services Research Institute, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington
DC Fellow, 1996-1998
Yale University School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven CT
Chief Medical Resident, 1994-1995
Yale University School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven CT
Internship /Residency, Internal Medicine, 1991-1994
Professional Experience
Director, Center for Health Equity Research, University of North Carolina, Department of
Social Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 2013Kenan Distinguished Professor, Departments of Social Medicine and Medicine, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, 2013Professor with tenure, Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, School of Medicine, 2011-2013
Professor with tenure, Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine and Clinical
Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, 2011-2013
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of
Public Health, 2007 - 9/13/2010
Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, 2004-2010
Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine and
Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, 20042010
Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, 2004
Senior Research Fellow, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004Assistant Professor, Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, School of Medicine, 2000 - 2004
Co-Director, Program on Health Disparities, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services
Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003
Research Fellow, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001 - 2003
Faculty, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, 2002
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine and Clinical
Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, 2000
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, 2000
Faculty Research Associate, Institute for Minority Health Research, Rollins School of Public
Health, 1998-2000
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Emory University School of
Medicine, 1995-2000
Instructor in Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of
Medicine, 1994-1995
Hospital and Staff Appointments
Attending Physician, Carrboro Community Health Center, Piedmont Health Services,
Chapel Hill, NC 2009-present
Attending Physician, Moncure Community Health Center, Piedmont Health Services,
Chapel Hill, NC 2001-2005
Attending Physician, UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC, 2000-present
Attending Physician, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA, 1995-2000
Attending Physician, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, 1994-1995
Attending Physician, West Haven VA Medical Center, New Haven, CT, 1994-1995
Consulting Physician, South Central Rehabilitation Center, New Haven, CT, 1994-1995
Other Employment
Student Instructor, Introduction to Clinical Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
1990
Instructor, AIDS Education, STATS (Students Teaching AIDS to Students) and WIC (Women
Infants and Children) programs, 1989
Summer Coordinator, Sophie Davis Program, 1988
Computer Consultant, The New York City Board of Education, Summer 1985, 1986-1988
Research Assistant, The Brooklyn Hospital, Department of Genetics, 1986
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Medical Certification/Licensure
§ § § § § Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine, 2004-2014
Diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners, 1992-Present
State of North Carolina, 2000-Present
State of Georgia, 1995-Present
State of Connecticut, 1993-1995
Honors and Awards
Faculty Mentoring Award, Carolina Women’s Leadership Council, 2015
Triangle/Triad Leadership Fellowship, UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University, NC State
University, Elon University, North Carolina A&T University, and Wake Forest University, 2014
Faculty Mentoring Award, Carolina Women’s Leadership Council, 2014
IAH Academic Leadership Fellow for 2014-15, Institute for the Arts and Humanities. Office of the Provost Engaged Scholarship Award for community-university partnership,
Project GRACE, 2013
Leadership in Health Disparities Research, National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities,
National Institutes of Health, 2008
James E. Bryan Award for Public Service, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Award for
excellence in service to communities of North Carolina, 2007
Jefferson Pilot Fellowship in Academic Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Award
given to most promising junior researcher in the UNC School of Medicine, 2003
David E. Rogers Junior Faculty Education Award for “Reaching the Unreached: Research
Participation and Underserved Population,” 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal
Medicine, May 2000
Hugh Dwyer Award for Clinical Excellence, Yale University School of Medicine, 1995
Alpha Omega Alpha Society, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 1991
Louis and Rachel Rudin Foundation Scholarship, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
1987-1990
Publications
Books and Chapters
Roman Isler, M; Odulana, A; Corbie-Smith, G., “The Legacy of Tuskegee: Lessons for
Community-Based Research” in The Search for the Legacy of the USPHS Syphilis Study at
Tuskegee: Reflective Essays Based upon Findings from the Tuskegee Legacy Project. Katz, RV
and Warren, RC editors (Lexington Books, 2011): 89-96.
Corbie-Smith G, Arriola KJ, “A Legacy of Distrust: Research, Ethics and Black Americans,” in
Health Issues in the Black Community, 2nd edition, Braithwaite RL, Taylor SE, editors (JosseyBass Inc., 2001): 489-502.
Bussey-Jones, J and Corbie-Smith G, “Ethnicity in Women Physicians” in Women in Medicine:
Career and Life Management, 3rd edition, Bowman, M and Frank, E editors (Springer, 2001):
93-98.
Refereed Papers/Peer Reviewed
Isler MR, Miles MS, Banks B, Perreras L, Muhammad M, Parker D, Corbie-Smith G. Across the
Miles: Process and Impacts of Collaboration with a Rural Community Advisory Board in HIV
Research. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2015;9(1):41-8. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2015.0014.
PubMed PMID: 25981423.
Trantham LC, Carpenter WR, DiMartino LD, White BS, Green M, Teal R, Corbie-Smith G,
Godley PA. (2013, in press). Perceptions of cancer clinical research among African American
men in North Carolina. J Natl Med Assoc.107.1 (Feb 2015): 33-41.
Rohweder CL, Laping JL, Diehl SJ, Moore AA, Isler MR, Scott JE, Enga ZK, Black MC, Dave
G, Corbie-Smith G, Melvin CL. Bridging Research, Practice, and Policy: The "Evidence
Academy" Conference Model. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015 Feb 26. [Epub ahead of print]
PubMed PMID: 25723874.
Green MA, Michaels M, Blakeney N, Odulana AA, Isler MR, Richmond A, Long DG, Robinson
WS, Taylor YJ, Corbie-Smith G. Evaluating a Community-Partnered Cancer Clinical Trials Pilot
Intervention with African American Communities. J Cancer Educ. 2015 Jan 7. [Epub ahead of
print] PubMed PMID: 25564207.
Albritton T, Hodge-Sallah S, Akers A, Blumenthal C, O'Brien S, Council B, Muhammad M,
Corbie-Smith G. A Process Evaluation of an HIV/STI Intervention for Rural African American
Youth. Qualitative Health Research. 2014;24(7):969-82. Epub 2014/06/19. doi:
10.1177/1049732314540053. PubMed PMID: 24939390.
Jackson LC, Hanson LC, Hayes M, Green M, Peacock S, Corbie-Smith G. They lift my spirit up:
stakeholders' perspectives on support teams for African Americans facing serious illness. Health
Educ Behav. 2014 Dec;41(6):599-604. doi: 10.1177/1090198114529591. Epub 2014 Apr 9.
PubMed PMID: 24717192.
Green MA, Lucas J, Hanson LC, Armstrong T, Hayes M, Peacock S, Elliott-Bynum S, Goldmon
M, Corbie-Smith G. Carrying the burden: perspectives of African American pastors on peer
support for people with cancer. J Relig Health. 2014 Oct;53(5):1382-97. doi: 10.1007/s10943013-9729-7. PubMed PMID: 23690130; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3871986.
Blakeney N, Michaels M, Green M, Richmond A, Long D, Robinson WS, Spicer C, ElliottBynum S, Corbie-Smith G. Collaborative Development of Clinical Trials Education Programs
for African-American Community-Based Organizations. J Cancer Educ. 2014 Jun 8. [Epub
ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24906502.
Tran AN, Ornelas IJ, Kim M, Perez G, Green M, Lyn MJ, Corbie-Smith G. Results from a pilot
promotora program to reduce depression and stress among immigrant Latinas. Health Promot
Pract. 2014 May;15(3):365-72. doi: 10.1177/1524839913511635. Epub 2013 Dec 13. PubMed
PMID: 24334543; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4172319.
Cené CW, Haymore LB, Lin FC, Laux J, Jones CD, Wu JR, Dewalt D, Pignone M, CorbieSmith G. Family member accompaniment to routine medical visits is associated with better selfcare in heart failure patients. Chronic Illn. 2014 Apr 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID:
24740555.
Odulana A, Kim MM, Green M, Taylor Y, Howard DL, Godley P, Corbie-Smith G. Participating
in research: attitudes within the African American church. J Relig Health. 2014 Apr;53(2):37381. doi: 10.1007/s10943-012-9637-2. PubMed PMID: 22886179.
Tran AN, Ornelas IJ, Perez G, Green MA, Lyn M, Corbie-Smith G. Evaluation of Amigas
Latinas Motivando el Alma (ALMA): a pilot promotora intervention focused on stress and
coping among immigrant Latinas. J Immigr Minor Health. 2014 Apr;16(2):280-9. doi:
10.1007/s10903-012-9735-y. PubMed PMID: 23117693; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC4137773.
Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Ahmed S, Franco Z, Kissack A, Gabriel D, Hurd T, Ziegahn L, Bates NJ,
Calhoun K, Carter-Edwards L, Corbie-Smith G, Eder MM, Ferrans C, Hacker K, Rumala BB,
Strelnick AH, Wallerstein N. Towards a unified taxonomy of health indicators: academic health
centers and communities working together to improve population health. Acad Med. 2014
Apr;89(4):564-72. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000198. Review. PubMed PMID: 24556775;
PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4124598.
Odulana AA, Kim MM, Isler MR, Green MA, Taylor YJ, Howard DL, Godley PA, CorbieSmith G. Examining characteristics of congregation members willing to attend health promotion
in African American churches. Health Promot Pract. 2014 Jan;15(1):125-33. doi:
10.1177/1524839913480799. Epub 2013 Mar 14. PubMed PMID: 23493800.
Dalton AF, Bunton AJ, Cykert S, Corbie-Smith G, Dilworth-Anderson P, McGuire FR, Monroe
MH, Walker P, Edwards LJ. Patient characteristics associated with favorable perceptions of
patient-provider communication in early-stage lung cancer treatment. J Health Commun.
2014;19(5):532-44. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2013.821550. Epub 2013 Dec 20. PubMed PMID:
24359327.
Hanson LC, Green MA, Hayes M, Diehl SJ, Warnock S, Corbie-Smith G, Lin FC, Earp JA.
Circles of Care: Implementation and Evaluation of Support Teams for African Americans With
Cancer. Health Educ Behav. 2013 Dec 16;41(3):291-298. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID:
24347144.
Cené CW, Haymore LB, Ellis D, Whitaker S, Henderson S, Lin FC, Corbie-Smith G.
Implementation of the power to prevent diabetes prevention educational curriculum into rural
African American communities: a feasibility study. Diabetes Educ. 2013 Nov-Dec;39(6):776-85.
doi: 10.1177/0145721713507114. Epub 2013 Oct 15. PubMed PMID: 24129595.
Isler MR, Sutton K, Cadigan RJ, Corbie-Smith G. Community perceptions of genomic research:
implications for addressing health disparities. N C Med J. 2013 Nov-Dec;74(6):470-6. PubMed
PMID: 24316767.
Hanson LC, Armstrong TD, Green MA, Hayes M, Peacock S, Elliot-Bynum S, Goldmon MV,
Corbie-Smith G, Earp JA. Circles of care: development and initial evaluation of a peer support
model for African Americans with advanced cancer. Health Educ Behav. 2013 Oct;40(5):536-43.
doi: 10.1177/1090198112461252. Epub 2012 Oct 16. PubMed PMID: 23077156.
Black KZ, Hardy CY, De Marco M, Ammerman AS, Corbie-Smith G, Council B, Ellis D, Eng
E, Harris B, Jackson M, Jean-Baptiste J, Kearney W, Legerton M, Parker D, Wynn M, Lightfoot
A. Beyond incentives for involvement to compensation for consultants: increasing equity in
CBPR approaches. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2013 Fall;7(3):263-70. doi:
10.1353/cpr.2013.0040. PubMed PMID: 24056508.
Corbie-Smith G, Odeneye E, Banks B, Shandor Miles M, Roman Isler M. Development of a
multilevel intervention to increase HIV clinical trial participation among rural minorities. Health
Educ Behav. 2013 Jun;40(3):274-85. doi: 10.1177/1090198112452124. Epub 2012 Sep 18.
PubMed PMID: 22991051; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3665691.
Melvin CL, Corbie-Smith G, Kumanyika SK, Pratt CA, Nelson C, Walker ER, Ammerman A,
Ayala GX, Best LG, Cherrington AL, Economos CD, Green LW, Harman J, Hooker SP, Murray
DM, Perri MG, Ricketts TC; Workshop Working Group on CVD Prevention in High-Risk Rural
Communities. Developing a research agenda for cardiovascular disease prevention in high-risk
rural communities. Am J Public Health. 2013 Jun;103(6):1011-21. doi:
10.2105/AJPH.2012.300984. Epub 2013 Apr 18. PubMed PMID: 23597371.
Green MA, Kim MM, Barber S, Odulana AA, Godley PA, Howard DL, Corbie-Smith GM.
Connecting communities to health research: development of the Project CONNECT minority
research registry. Contemp Clin Trials. 2013 May;35(1):1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.01.001.
Epub 2013 Jan 20. PubMed PMID: 23340183; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3780788.
Cené CW, Haymore LB, Dolan-Soto D, Lin FC, Pignone M, Dewalt DA, Wu JR, Jones CD,
Corbie-Smith G. Self-care confidence mediates the relationship between perceived social support
and self-care maintenance in adults with heart failure. J Card Fail. 2013 Mar;19(3):202-10. doi:
10.1016/j.cardfail.2013.01.009. PubMed PMID: 23482082; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC3596888.
Isler MR, Miles MS, Banks B, Corbie-Smith G. Acceptability of a mobile health unit for rural
HIV clinical trial enrollment and participation. AIDS Behav. 2012 Oct;16(7):1895-901. PubMed
PMID: 22350829; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3763695.
Jones B, Lightfoot A, De Marco M, Isler MR, Ammerman A, Nelson D, Harrison L, Motsinger
B, Melvin C, Corbie-Smith G. Community-responsive research priorities: health research
infrastructure. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2012 Fall;6(3):339-48. doi:
10.1353/cpr.2012.0045. PubMed PMID: 22982847.
Green MA, Perez G, Ornelas IJ, Tran AN, Blumenthal C, Lyn M, Corbie-Smith G. Amigas
Latinas Motivando el ALMA (ALMA): Development and Pilot Implementation of a Stress
Reduction Promotora Intervention. Calif J Health Promot. 2012 Aug 1;10:52-64. PubMed
PMID: 25364312; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4212221.
Cené CW, Loehr L, Lin FC, Hammond WP, Foraker RE, Rose K, Mosley T, Corbie-Smith G.
Social isolation, vital exhaustion, and incident heart failure: findings from the Atherosclerosis
Risk in Communities Study. Eur J Heart Fail. 2012 Jul;14(7):748-53. doi:
10.1093/eurjhf/hfs064. Epub 2012 May 14. PubMed PMID: 22588323; PubMed Central
PMCID: PMC3380545.
Corbie-Smith G, Isler MR, Miles MS, Banks B. Community-based HIV clinical trials: an
integrated approach in underserved, rural, minority communities. Prog Community Health
Partnersh. 2012 Summer;6(2):121-9. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2012.0023. PubMed PMID: 22820222;
PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3665342.
Akers AY, Gold MA, Coyne-Beasley T, Corbie-Smith G. A qualitative study of rural black
adolescents' perspectives on primary STD prevention strategies. Perspect Sex Reprod Health.
2012 Jun;44(2):92-9. doi: 10.1363/4409212. Epub 2012 Apr 24. PubMed PMID: 22681424.
Lloyd SW, Ferguson YO, Corbie-Smith G, Ellison A, Blumenthal C, Council BJ, Youmans S,
Muhammad MR, Wynn M, Adimora A, Akers A. The role of public schools in HIV prevention:
perspectives from African Americans in the rural South. AIDS Educ Prev. 2012 Feb;24(1):41-53.
doi: 10.1521/aeap.2012.24.1.41. PubMed PMID: 22339144; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC3378321.
Braun KL, Kagawa-Singer M, Holden AE, Burhansstipanov L, Tran JH, Seals BF, Corbie-Smith
G, Tsark JU, Harjo L, Foo MA, Ramirez AG. Cancer patient navigator tasks across the cancer
care continuum. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2012 Feb;23(1):398-413. doi:
10.1353/hpu.2012.0029. PubMed PMID: 22423178; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3302357.
Isler MR, Corbie-Smith G. Practical steps to community engaged research: from inputs to
outcomes. J Law Med Ethics. 2012 Winter;40(4):904-14. doi: 10.1111/j.1748720X.2012.00719.x. PubMed PMID: 23289693.
Cherrington A, Ayala GX, Scarinci I, Corbie-Smith G. Developing a family-based diabetes
program for Latino immigrants: do men and women face the same barriers? Fam Community
Health. 2011 Oct-Dec;34(4):280-90. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e31822b5359. PubMed PMID:
21881415.
De Marco M, Weiner B, Meade SA, Hadley M, Boyd C, Goldmon M, Green M, Manning M,
Howard DL, Godley P, Corbie-Smith G. Assessing the readiness of black churches to engage in
health disparities research. J Natl Med Assoc. 2011 Sep-Oct;103(9-10):960-7. PubMed PMID:
22364066; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3296968.
Cené CW, Akers AY, Lloyd SW, Albritton T, Powell Hammond W, Corbie-Smith G.
Understanding social capital and HIV risk in rural African American communities. J Gen Intern
Med. 2011 Jul;26(7):737-44. doi: 10.1007/s11606-011-1646-4. PubMed PMID: 21311999;
PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3138603.
Michie M, Henderson G, Garrett J, Corbie-Smith G. "If I could in a small way help": motivations
for and beliefs about sample donation for genetic research. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2011
Jun;6(2):57-70. doi: 10.1525/jer.2011.6.2.57. PubMed PMID: 21680977; PubMed Central
PMCID: PMC3313647.
Miles MS, Isler MR, Banks BB, Sengupta S, Corbie-Smith G. Silent endurance and profound
loneliness: socioemotional suffering in African Americans living with HIV in the rural south.
Qual Health Res. 2011 Apr;21(4):489-501. doi: 10.1177/1049732310387935. Epub 2010 Nov 1.
PubMed PMID: 21041516; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3073239.
Corbie-Smith G, Adimora AA, Youmans S, Muhammad M, Blumenthal C, Ellison A, Akers A,
Council B, Thigpen Y, Wynn M, Lloyd SW. Project GRACE: a staged approach to development
of a community-academic partnership to address HIV in rural African American communities.
Health Promot Pract. 2011 Mar;12(2):293-302. doi: 10.1177/1524839909348766. Epub 2010
Aug 4. PubMed PMID: 20685913; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3063323.
Akers AY, Muhammad MR, Corbie-Smith G. "When you got nothing to do, you do somebody":
A community's perceptions of neighborhood effects on adolescent sexual behaviors. Soc Sci
Med. 2011 Jan;72(1):91-9. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.09.035. Epub 2010 Oct 19. PubMed
PMID: 21129833; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3049451.
Hammond WP, Matthews D, Mohottige D, Agyemang A, Corbie-Smith G. Masculinity, medical
mistrust, and preventive health services delays among community-dwelling African-American
men. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Dec;25(12):1300-8. doi: 10.1007/s11606-010-1481-z. Epub 2010
Aug 17. PubMed PMID: 20714819; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2988156.
Hammond WP, Matthews D, Mohottige D, Agyemang A, Corbie-Smith G. Masculinity, medical
mistrust, and preventive health services delays among community-dwelling African-American
men. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Dec;25(12):1300-8. doi: 10.1007/s11606-010-1481-z. Epub 2010
Aug 17. PubMed PMID: 20714819; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2988156.
Akers AY, Schwarz EB, Borrero S, Corbie-Smith G. Family discussions about contraception and
family planning: a qualitative exploration of black parent and adolescent perspectives. Perspect
Sex Reprod Health. 2010 Sep;42(3):160-7. doi: 10.1363/4216010. PubMed PMID: 20887285;
PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2951274.
Corbie-Smith G, Goldmon M, Isler MR, Washington C, Ammerman A, Green M, Bunton A.
Partnerships in health disparities research and the roles of pastors of black churches: potential
conflict, synergy, and expectations. J Natl Med Assoc. 2010 Sep;102(9):823-31. PubMed PMID:
20922927; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3056456.
Cykert S, Dilworth-Anderson P, Monroe MH, Walker P, McGuire FR, Corbie-Smith G, Edwards
LJ, Bunton AJ. Factors associated with decisions to undergo surgery among patients with newly
diagnosed early-stage lung cancer. JAMA. 2010 Jun 16;303(23):2368-76. doi:
10.1001/jama.2010.793. PubMed PMID: 20551407; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4152904
Corbie-Smith G, Akers A, Blumenthal C, Council B, Wynn M, Muhammad M, Stith D.
Intervention mapping as a participatory approach to developing an HIV prevention intervention
in rural African American communities. AIDS Educ Prev. 2010 Jun;22(3):184-202. doi:
10.1521/aeap.2010.22.3.184. PubMed PMID: 20528128; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC3037273.
Corbie-Smith G, Yaggy SD, Lyn M, Green M, Ornelas IJ, Simmons T, Perez G, Blumenthal C.
Development of an interinstitutional collaboration to support community-partnered research
addressing the health of emerging Latino populations. Acad Med. 2010 Apr;85(4):728-35. doi:
10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181d2b874. PubMed PMID: 20354397.
Hammond WP, Matthews D, Corbie-Smith G. Psychosocial factors associated with routine
health examination scheduling and receipt among African American men. J Natl Med Assoc.
2010 Apr;102(4):276-89. Erratum in: J Natl Med Assoc. 2011 Sep-Oct;103(9-10):795. PubMed
PMID: 20437735; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2865157.
Sengupta S, Strauss RP, Miles MS, Roman-Isler M, Banks B, Corbie-Smith G. A conceptual
model exploring the relationship between HIV stigma and implementing HIV clinical trials in
rural communities of North Carolina. N C Med J. 2010 Mar-Apr;71(2):113-22. PubMed PMID:
20552760; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3037544.
Bussey-Jones J, Garrett J, Henderson G, Moloney M, Blumenthal C, Corbie-Smith G. The role
of race and trust in tissue/blood donation for genetic research. Genet Med. 2010 Feb;12(2):11621. doi: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3181cd6689. PubMed PMID: 20098329; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC3114600.
De Marco M, Cykert S, Coad N, Doost K, Schaal J, White B, Young D, Isler MR, Corbie-Smith
G. Views on personalized medicine: do the attitudes of African American and white prescription
drug consumers differ? Public Health Genomics. 2010;13(5):276-83. doi: 10.1159/000242199.
Epub 2009 Sep 23. Erratum in: Public Health Genomics. 2010;13(6):367. Cykert, S [added];
Coad, N [added]; Doost, K [added]; Schaal, J [added]; White, B [added]; Young, D [added];
Isler, M R [added]; Corbie-Smith, G [added]. PubMed PMID: 19776555; PubMed Central
PMCID: PMC2914357.
Genao I, Bussey-Jones J, St George DM, Corbie-Smith G. Empowering students with cultural
competence knowledge: randomized controlled trial of a cultural competence curriculum for
third-year medical students. J Natl Med Assoc. 2009 Dec;101(12):1241-6. PubMed PMID:
20070012; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3050606.
Fowler-Brown AG, Bennett GG, Goodman MS, Wee CC, Corbie-Smith GM, James SA.
Psychosocial stress and 13-year BMI change among blacks: the Pitt County Study. Obesity
(Silver Spring). 2009 Nov;17(11):2106-9. doi: 10.1038/oby.2009.130. Epub 2009 Apr 30.
PubMed PMID: 19407807.
Shaw MG, Morrell DS, Corbie-Smith GM, Goldsmith LA. Perceptions of pediatric clinical
research among African American and Caucasian parents. J Natl Med Assoc. 2009
Sep;101(9):900-7. PubMed PMID: 19806847.
Paranjape A, Corbie-Smith G, Thompson N, Kaslow NJ. When older African American women
are affected by violence in the home: a qualitative investigation of risk and protective factors.
Violence Against Women. 2009 Aug;15(8):977-90. doi: 10.1177/1077801209335490. Epub 2009
Jun 23. PubMed PMID: 19549992.
Baker RB, Washington HA, Olakanmi O, Savitt TL, Jacobs EA, Hoover E, Wynia MK; Writing
Group on the History of African Americans and the Medical Profession, Blanchard J, Boulware
LE, Braddock C, Corbie-Smith G, Crawley L, LaVeist TA, Maxey R, Mills C, Moseley KL,
Williams DR. Creating a segregated medical profession: African American physicians and
organized medicine, 1846-1910. J Natl Med Assoc. 2009 Jun;101(6):501-12. PubMed PMID:
19585918.
Washington HA, Baker RB, Olakanmi O, Savitt TL, Jacobs EA, Hoover E, Wynia MK; Writing
Group on the History of African Americans and the Medical Profession, Blanchard J, Boulware
LE, Braddock C, Corbie-Smith G, Crawley L, LaVeist TA, Maxey R, Mills C, Moseley KL,
Williams DR. Segregation, civil rights, and health disparities: the legacy of African American
physicians and organized medicine, 1910-1968. J Natl Med Assoc. 2009 Jun;101(6):513-27.
PubMed PMID: 19585919.
Bussey-Jones J, Henderson G, Garrett J, Moloney M, Blumenthal C, Corbie-Smith G. Asking the
right questions: views on genetic variation research among black and white research participants.
J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Mar;24(3):299-304. doi: 10.1007/s11606-008-0883-7. Epub 2008 Dec
20. PubMed PMID: 19101773; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2642575.
Coker-Appiah DS, Akers AY, Banks B, Albritton T, Leniek K, Wynn M, Youmans SE, Parker
D, Ellison A, Henderson S, Stith D, Council B, Oxendine-Pitt P, Corbie-Smith G. In their own
voices: rural African-American youth speak out about community-based HIV prevention
interventions. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2009 Winter;3(4):275-6. doi:
10.1353/cpr.0.0099. PubMed PMID: 20097988; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2853254.
Williams SW, Hanson LC, Boyd C, Green M, Goldmon M, Wright G, Corbie-Smith G.
Communication, decision making, and cancer: what African Americans want physicians to
know. J Palliat Med. 2008 Nov;11(9):1221-6. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2008.0057. PubMed PMID:
19021485; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2941666.
Cherrington A, Ayala GX, Amick H, Scarinci I, Allison J, Corbie-Smith G. Applying the
community health worker model to diabetes management: using mixed methods to assess
implementation and effectiveness. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2008 Nov;19(4):1044-59.
doi: 10.1353/hpu.0.0077. Review. PubMed PMID: 19029736.
Corbie-Smith G, Henderson G, Blumenthal C, Dorrance J, Estroff S. Conceptualizing race in
research. J Natl Med Assoc. 2008 Oct;100(10):1235-43. PubMed PMID: 18942287; PubMed
Central PMCID: PMC3057432.
Cherrington A, Ayala GX, Amick H, Allison J, Corbie-Smith G, Scarinci I. Implementing the
community health worker model within diabetes management: challenges and lessons learned
from programs across the United States. Diabetes Educ. 2008 Sep-Oct;34(5):824-33. doi:
10.1177/0145721708323643. PubMed PMID: 18832287.
Corbie-Smith G, Blumenthal C, Henderson G, Garrett J, Bussey-Jones J, Moloney M, Sandler
RS, Lloyd SW, Dorrance J, Darter J. Studying genetic research participants: lessons from the
"Learning About Research in North Carolina" study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008
Aug;17(8):2019-24. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2868. PubMed PMID: 18708393; PubMed
Central PMCID: PMC3037258.
Akers AY, Bernstein L, Doyle J, Corbie-Smith G. Older women and HIV testing: examining the
relationship between HIV testing history, age, and lifetime HIV risk behaviors. Sex Transm Dis.
2008 Apr;35(4):420-3. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181644b39. PubMed PMID: 18362866.
Henderson G, Garrett J, Bussey-Jones J, Moloney ME, Blumenthal C, Corbie-Smith G. Great
expectations: views of genetic research participants regarding current and future genetic studies.
Genet Med. 2008 Mar;10(3):193-200. doi: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e318164e4f5. PubMed PMID:
18344709.
Ford CL, Konrad TR, Godette DC, Corbie-Smith G. Acceptance of routine ELISA testing among
black women STD patients: relationship to patient-provider racial concordance. Sex Transm Dis.
2008 Mar;35(3):211-3. PubMed PMID: 18496896.
Mejia GC, Kaufman JS, Corbie-Smith G, Rozier RG, Caplan DJ, Suchindran CM. A conceptual
framework for Hispanic oral health care. J Public Health Dent. 2008 Winter;68(1):1-6. doi:
10.1111/j.1752-7325.2007.00073.x. PubMed PMID: 18248341.
Cherrington A, Corbie-Smith G, Pathman DE. Do adults who believe in periodic health
examinations receive more clinical preventive services? Prev Med. 2007 Oct;45(4):282-9. Epub
2007 Jun 2. PubMed PMID: 17692368; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3757124.
Durant RW, Davis RB, St George DM, Williams IC, Blumenthal C, Corbie-Smith GM.
Participation in research studies: factors associated with failing to meet minority recruitment
goals. Ann Epidemiol. 2007 Aug;17(8):634-42. Epub 2007 May 25. PubMed PMID: 17531504;
PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1976259.
Akers A, Bernstein L, Henderson S, Doyle J, Corbie-Smith G. Factors associated with lack of
interest in HIV testing in older at-risk women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2007 JulAug;16(6):842-58. PubMed PMID: 17678455.
Sapienza JN, Corbie-Smith G, Keim S, Fleischman AR. Community engagement in
epidemiological research. Ambul Pediatr. 2007 May-Jun;7(3):247-52. PubMed PMID:
17512886; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1978546.
Corbie-Smith G, Williams IC, Blumenthal C, Dorrance J, Estroff SE, Henderson G.
Relationships and communication in minority participation in research: multidimensional and
multidirectional. J Natl Med Assoc. 2007 May;99(5):489-98. PubMed PMID: 17534006;
PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2576070.
Fowler-Brown A, Corbie-Smith G, Garrett J, Lurie N. Risk of cardiovascular events and death-does insurance matter? J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Apr;22(4):502-7. PubMed PMID: 17372800;
PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1829431.
Williams IC, Corbie-Smith G. Investigator beliefs and reported success in recruiting minority
participants. Contemp Clin Trials. 2006 Dec;27(6):580-6. Epub 2006 Jul 12. PubMed PMID:
16839822.
Corbie-Smith GM, Durant RW, St George DM. Investigators' assessment of NIH mandated
inclusion of women and minorities in research. Contemp Clin Trials. 2006 Dec;27(6):571-9.
Epub 2006 Jul 13. PubMed PMID: 16843069.
Sterling R, Henderson GE, Corbie-Smith G. Public willingness to participate in and public
opinions about genetic variation research: a review of the literature. Am J Public Health. 2006
Nov;96(11):1971-8. Epub 2006 Oct 3. Review. PubMed PMID: 17018829; PubMed Central
PMCID: PMC1751820.
Cherrington A, Ayala GX, Sleath B, Corbie-Smith G. Examining knowledge, attitudes, and
beliefs about depression among Latino adults with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Educ. 2006 JulAug;32(4):603-13. PubMed PMID: 16873598.
Pathman DE, Fowler-Brown A, Corbie-Smith G. Differences in access to outpatient medical care
for black and white adults in the rural South. Med Care. 2006 May;44(5):429-38. PubMed
PMID: 16641661.
Corbie-Smith G, Ford CL. Distrust and poor self-reported health. Canaries in the coal mine? J
Gen Intern Med. 2006 Apr;21(4):395-7. Erratum in: J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Sep;21(9):1009.
PubMed PMID: 16686821; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1484739.
Fowler-Brown A, Ashkin E, Corbie-Smith G, Thaker S, Pathman DE. Perception of racial
barriers to health care in the rural South. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2006 Feb;17(1):86100. PubMed PMID: 16520516.
Paranjape A, Bernstein L, St George DM, Doyle J, Henderson S, Corbie-Smith G. Effect of
relationship factors on safer sex decisions in older inner-city women. J Womens Health
(Larchmt). 2006 Jan-Feb;15(1):90-7. PubMed PMID: 16417423.
Bussey-Jones J, Genao I, St George DM, Corbie-Smith G. The meaning of race: use of race in
the clinical setting. J Lab Clin Med. 2005 Oct;146(4):205-9. Review. PubMed PMID: 16194681.
Bussey-Jones J, Genao I, St George DM, Corbie-Smith G. Knowledge of cultural competence
among third-year medical students. J Natl Med Assoc. 2005 Sep;97(9):1272-6. PubMed PMID:
16296218; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2594777.
Corbie-Smith GM. Minority recruitment and participation in health research. N C Med J. 2004
Nov-Dec;65(6):385-7. PubMed PMID: 15714732.
Henderson SJ, Bernstein LB, George DM, Doyle JP, Paranjape AS, Corbie-Smith G. Older
women and HIV: how much do they know and where are they getting their information? J Am
Geriatr Soc. 2004 Sep;52(9):1549-53. PubMed PMID: 15341560.
Horner RD, Salazar W, Geiger HJ, Bullock K, Corbie-Smith G, Cornog M, Flores G; Working
Group on Changing Health Care Professionals' Behavior. Changing healthcare professionals'
behaviors to eliminate disparities in healthcare: What do we know? How might we proceed? Am
J Manag Care. 2004 Sep;10 Spec No:SP12-9. PubMed PMID: 15481432.
Corbie-Smith G, Moody-Ayers S, Thrasher AD. Closing the circle between minority inclusion in
research and health disparities. Arch Intern Med. 2004 Jul 12;164(13):1362-4. PubMed PMID:
15249343.
Sengupta S, Corbie-Smith G, Thrasher A, Strauss RP. African American elders' perceptions of
the influenza vaccine in Durham, North Carolina. N C Med J. 2004 Jul-Aug;65(4):194-9.
PubMed PMID: 15481486.
Sengupta S, Strauss RP, Corbie-Smith G, Thrasher A. What can the elderly do to protect
themselves from the flu in addition to getting a flu vaccination? Am J Public Health. 2004
Jun;94(6):905; author reply 905-6. PubMed PMID: 15249283; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC1448353.
Hutchinson AB, Corbie-Smith G, Thomas SB, Mohanan S, del Rio C. Understanding the
patient's perspective on rapid and routine HIV testing in an inner-city urgent care center. AIDS
Educ Prev. 2004 Apr;16(2):101-14. PubMed PMID: 15134119.
Torke AM, Corbie-Smith GM, Branch WT Jr. African American patients' perspectives on
medical decision making. Arch Intern Med. 2004 Mar 8;164(5):525-30. PubMed PMID:
15006829.
Corbie-Smith G, Miller WC, Ransohoff DF. Interpretations of 'appropriate' minority inclusion in
clinical research. Am J Med. 2004 Feb 15;116(4):249-52. PubMed PMID: 14969653.
Ammerman A, Corbie-Smith G, St George DM, Washington C, Weathers B, Jackson-Christian
B. Research expectations among African American church leaders in the PRAISE! project: a
randomized trial guided by community-based participatory research. Am J Public Health. 2003
Oct;93(10):1720-7. PubMed PMID: 14534228; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1448040.
Genao I, Bussey-Jones J, Brady D, Branch WT Jr, Corbie-Smith G. Building the case for cultural
competence. Am J Med Sci. 2003 Sep;326(3):136-40. PubMed PMID: 14501229.
Corbie-Smith G, Ammerman AS, Katz ML, St George DM, Blumenthal C, Washington C,
Weathers B, Keyserling TC, Switzer B. Trust, benefit, satisfaction, and burden: a randomized
controlled trial to reduce cancer risk through African-American churches. J Gen Intern Med.
2003 Jul;18(7):531-41. PubMed PMID: 12848836; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1494890.
Corbie-Smith G, St George DM, Moody-Ayers S, Ransohoff DF. Adequacy of reporting
race/ethnicity in clinical trials in areas of health disparities. J Clin Epidemiol. 2003
May;56(5):416-20. Review. PubMed PMID: 12812814.
Corbie-Smith G, Viscoli CM, Kernan WN, Brass LM, Sarrel P, Horwitz RI. Influence of race,
clinical, and other socio-demographic features on trial participation. J Clin Epidemiol. 2003
Apr;56(4):304-9. PubMed PMID: 12767406.
Corbie-Smith G, Thomas SB, St George DM. Distrust, race, and research. Arch Intern Med.
2002 Nov 25;162(21):2458-63. PubMed PMID: 12437405.
Brady DW, Corbie-Smith G, Branch WT. "What's important to you?" The use of narratives to
promote self-reflection and to understand the experiences of medical residents. Ann Intern Med.
2002 Aug 6;137(3):220-3. PubMed PMID: 12160380.
Corbie-Smith G, Flagg EW, Doyle JP, O'Brien MA. Influence of usual source of care on
differences by race/ethnicity in receipt of preventive services. J Gen Intern Med. 2002
Jun;17(6):458-64. PubMed PMID: 12133161; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1495054.
Frank E, Kunovich-Frieze T, Corbie-Smith G. Characteristics of women internists. MedGenMed.
2002 Mar 18;4(1):11. PubMed PMID: 11965213.
Corbie-Smith G, Frank E, Nickens H. The intersection of race, gender, and primary care: results
from the Women Physicians' Health Study. J Natl Med Assoc. 2000 Oct;92(10):472-80. PubMed
PMID: 11105727; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2608549.
Corbie-Smith G, Thomas SB, Williams MV, Moody-Ayers S. Attitudes and beliefs of African
Americans toward participation in medical research. J Gen Intern Med. 1999 Sep;14(9):537-46.
PubMed PMID: 10491242; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1496744.
Corbie-Smith G. Tuskegee as a metaphor. Science. 1999 Jul 2;285(5424):47; author reply 49-50.
PubMed PMID: 10428700.
Corbie-Smith G, Frank E, Nickens HW, Elon L. Prevalences and correlates of ethnic harassment
in the U.S. Women Physicians' Health Study. Acad Med. 1999 Jun;74(6):695-701. PubMed
PMID: 10386100.
Corbie-Smith G. The continuing legacy of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: considerations for
clinical investigation. Am J Med Sci. 1999 Jan;317(1):5-8. PubMed PMID: 9892266.
In Press/Submitted
Giscombe G, Lobel M, Zimmer C, Wiley-Cene C, Corbie-Smith G. “Whose stress is making me
sick? Network-Stress and emotional distress in African American women.” Issues Ment Health
Nurs. (In press).
Ritchwood T, Dave G, Carthron D, Roman Isler M, Blumenthal C, Wynn M, Odulana A, Lin F,
Corbie-Smith G. “Adolescent and caregivers as lay health advisors in a community-based
intervention for HIV prevention: Baseline data from Teach One Reach One.” The Journal of
Rural Health. (In press).
Teal R, Enga Z, Diehl S, Rohweder C, Kim M, Dave G, Durr A, Wynn M, Roman-Isler M,
Corbie-Smith G, Weiner B. (2015) Applying cognitive interviewing to inform measurement of
partnership readiness: A new approach to strengthening community-academic research. Progress
in Community Health Partnerships. (In press).
Cene C, Dilworth-Anderson P, Leng I, et al. Correlates of Successful Aging in Racial and Ethnic
Minority Women age 80 Years and Older: Findings from the Women’s Health Initiative. Journal
of Gerontology Medical Sciences. (In press).
Ritchwood TD, Albritton T, Akers AY, Dave G, Carthron D, Adimora A, Project GRACE (Isler
MR, Salla S, Stith D), Corbie-Smith G. The impact of the TORO intervention on acceptance of
couple violence among rural, African American youth. Submitted to Journal of Research of
Adolescence.
Ritchwood, T.D., Peasant, C., Powell, T.W., Taggart, T., Akers, A. Y., & Corbie Smith, G.
Differences in the Correlates of Caregiver Communication about Reproductive and Sexual
Health and Sensitive Sex Topics. The Journal of Early Adolescence (In submission 2015).
Perez G, Della Valle P, Paraghamian S, Page R, Ochoa J, Palomo F, Suarez E, Thrasher A, Tran
AN, Corbie-Smith G. “A Community-Engaged Research Approach to Improve Mental Health
among Latina Immigrants: ALMA Photovoice.” Health Promotion Practice.(In Submission
2014).
Albritton T, Sallah S, Akers A, Blumenthal C, O’Brien S, Council B, Muhammad M, & CorbieSmith G. Teach One Reach One: Evaluation of an HIV/STI intervention for rural African
American youths. Qual Health Res (In Press).
Corbie-Smith G, Bryant AR, Walker DJ, Blumenthal C, Council B, Courtney D, Adimora A.
(2013, under review). Building Capacity in Community Based Participatory Partnerships through
a Focus on Process and Multiculturalism. Progress in Community Health Partnerships:
Research, Education and Action.
Corbie-Smith, G. (2013, under review). Health-related social enterprise: The ‘spin-off’ of
engaged research. New Engl J Med.
Selected Solicited Refereed Abstracts and Unpublished Oral Presentations
Lovelady NM CA, Black A, Brown A, Burke JG, Cottler LB, Dave G, Dawson L, del Pino H,
Hankins J, Jones JR, Jones L, Kim MM, Olson M, Pastor DC, Reyes C, Richmond A,
Ruktanonchai CW, Schaal J, Striley CW, Sullivan G, Varma DS, Vassar S, Wiley-Cene C,
Corbie-Smith G. “Experiential Learning in Trust: Arkansas Site-Specific Findings from a MultiSite Study on Trust in Community-Academic Partnered Research.” Poster Presentation at the
Community Engagement Conference: “Engaging Patients, Families and Communities in all
Phases of Translational Research to Improve Health.” August 21-22, 2014, Bethesda MD.
Dunnon J, Odulana A, Green M, Robinson W, Richmond A, Long D, Michaels M, Blakeney N, Roman
Isler M, Corbie-Smith G. Poster: “Community Change Agents in Action to Increase Awareness of
Community Research.” Winston-Salem State University School of Health Sciences, Moving from
Disparities to Health Equity: The Search for Solutions’ Research Conference, Winston-Salem, NC; April
2013
Prabhakar P, Green M, Odulana A, Isler MR, Hayes M, Kim M, Michaels M, Blakeney N, Corbie-Smith
G. Poster: “Evaluation of Community Bridges to Cancer Clinical Trials: a faith-based intervention for
increasing African American awareness of cancer clinical trials.” Winston-Salem State University School
of Health Sciences, Moving from Disparities to Health Equity: The Search for Solutions' Research
Conference, Winston-Salem, NC; April 2013.
Wynn M, Ellis D, Bryant A, Corbie-Smith G. Project GRACE: Building and Maintaining Process in
Community and Academic Partnerships. Oral presentation at the American Public Health Association
140th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, October 27-31, 2012.
Carpenter WR, Tyree S, Meyer AM, Wu Y, DiMartino LD, Zullig LL, Corbie-Smith G, Godley
PA. Poster: “Increasing cancer clinical trial enrollment in North Carolina Communities.” NCI
Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities Program Meetings. Rockville, MD, July 14, 2011.
Carpenter WR, Trantham LC, DiMartino LD, White BS, Green MA, Wright G, Teal R, CorbieSmith G, Godley PA. Poster: “Barriers to cancer clinical trial participation among African
American men in North Carolina.” NCI Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities Program
Meetings. Rockville, MD, July 14, 2011.
Odulana A, Kim M, Green M, Goldmon M, Meade SA, Boyd C, Taylor Y, Howard D, Godley P,
Corbie-Smith G. Research Participation: Attitudes within the African American Church. Society
of General Internal Medicine 34th Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, May 2011.
Gunn A, Carlisle V, Enga Z, Jones B, Lieberman A, Cardona G, Canty TW, White B, Rohweder
C, Hamilton M, Brock D, Sutton S, Cox A, Hunter W, Lightfoot A, Roman Isler M, Vines A,
Corbie-Smith G. Building Community Research Capacity for Partnerships Through an Engaged
Workshop Series. Partnering for Health: The Science of Community Engagement Conference,
Arlington, VA, May, 2010.
Gunn A, Carlisle V, Jones B, Enga Z, Lieberman A, Carona G, Anty TW, White B, Rohweder C,
Hamilton M, Brock D, Sutton S, Cox A, Hunter W, Lightfoot, A, Roman Isler M, Vines A,
Corbie-Smith G. A Model for Building Community Research Capacity Through an Engaged
Workshop Series, CTSA Community Engagement Key Function Committee Meeting, Bethesda,
MD, May, 2010.
Cené C, Feng-Chang L, Corbie-Smith G, Keon G, Shoou-Yih D. Social network size interacts
with suppression to influence health services utilization among elderly patients. Oral presentation
at the Society of General Internal Medicine 33rd Annual Meeting, April 29, 2010, Minneapolis,
MN.
Cené C, Feng-Chang L, Loehr L, Hammond WP, Foraker R, Rose K. Mosley T, Corbie-Smith
G. Social isolation, mediated through vital exhaustion, increases risk of incident health failure:
Findings from the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study. Oral presentation at the
Society of General Internal Medicine 33rd Annual Meeting, April 29, 2010, Minneapolis, MN.
Cené C, Feng-Chang L, Corbie-Smith G, Keon G, Shoou-Yih D. Community participation and
depression are strong predictors of health promoting behaviors among older patients. Oral
presentation at the Society of General Internal Medicine 33rd Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN,
April 29, 2010.
Carpenter W, Clayton L, White B, Green M, Durr A, Norcott K, Taylor C, Psek W, Wright G,
Corbie-Smith G, Godley P. Increasing cancer clinical trial enrollment in North Carolina
communities. Poster presentation at NCI-ASCO Cancer Trial Accrual Symposium: Science and
Solutions, Bethesda, MD, April 2010.
Gunn A, Carlisle V, Lieberman A, Enga Z, Jones B, Brock D, White B, Cardona G, Rohweder
C, Hamilton M, Sutton S, Cox A, Candy TW, Hunter W, Lightfoot A, Isler, MR, Vines A,
Corbie-Smith G. A Model for Building Community Research Capacity Through an Engaged
Workshop Series. Poster presented at the 31st Annual Minority Health conference, Chapel Hill,
NC, February 23, 2010.
George AE, Albritton T, Blumenthal C, Akers A, Corbie-Smith G. Teach one, reach one
(TORO): Process evaluation lessons learned from an intervention to teach parent-adolescent
communication and monitoring. Oral presentation at the American Public Health Association
137th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 7-11, 2009.
Ferguson Y, Bryant A, Cavellini D, Council B, Ellison A, Garner J, Henderson S, Oxendine-Pitt
P, Parker D, Stith D, Wynn M, Sallah S, Blumenthal C, Adimora A, Corbie-Smith G. Is the glass
half empty or half full: How community members perceive local politicians' role in addressing
the HIV/AIDS epidemic in rural North Carolina. Oral presentation, The Scholarship of CBPR
W.K. Kellogg Health Scholars, at the 137th APHA Annual, Philadelphia, PA, November 7-11,
2009.
De Marco M, Weiner B, Meade SA, Hadley M, Green M, Boyd C, Goldmon M, Manning M,
Howard D, Godley P, Corbie-Smith G. Assessing the Readiness of Black Churches to Engage in
Health Disparities Research. Oral presentation at the 15th Annual NRSA Trainees Research
Conference, Chicago, IL, June 28-30, 2009.
Williamson Candy T, White B, Brock D, Roman Isler M, Young D, Corbie-Smith G. The Role
of Community Advisory Boards in Building Community-Engaged Research Infrastructure.
Poster presented at the Improving health WITH Communities: The Role of Community
Engagement in Clinical and Translational Research Conference, Bethesda, MD, May 24-25,
2009.
Cené C, Akers A, Lloyd S, Albritton T Hammond WP, Corbie-Smith G. Understanding the
role of social capital in HIV prevention for rural African Americans. Presented at the Society of
General Internal Medicine 33rd Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida, May 15, 2009.
Cené C, Akers A, Corbie-Smith G. The role of families in HIV prevention for rural African
American youth and young adults. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine 33rd
Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida, May 15, 2009.
Albritton T, Blumenthal C, Corbie-Smith G. Teach One Reach One: A process evaluation of an
HIV/STI intervention for rural African American Youth. Presented at conference: HIV
Prevention in Rural Communities: Sharing Successful Strategies VI, Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN, April 2009.
Hammond WP, Matthews D, Mohottige D, Yen IH, Corbie-Smith G. The psychosocial context
of delays in preventive health services use among African American men. Paper presented at the
30th Annual Society of Behavioral Medicine Conference, Montreal, Canada, April 2009.
Corbie-Smith G, Banks B, Roman Isler M, Strauss RP. Socio-spatial and qualitative methods
define social and physical environmental contributors to HIV risk in rural minority communities.
Journal General Internal Medicine, April 2009, 24(S1):185-6.
Wiley Cené C, Akers A, Corbie-Smith G. The role of families in HIV prevention for rural
African American youth and young adults. Journal General Internal Medicine, April 2009,
24(S1):208.
Wiley Cené C, Akers A, Lloyd SW, Albritton T, Powell Hammond W, Corbie-Smith G.
Understanding the role of social capital in HIV prevention for rural African Americans. Journal
General Internal Medicine, April 2009, 24(S1):218-19.
Roman Isler M, Williamson Candy T, De Marco M, Cykert S, Coad N, Doost K, Schaal J, White
B, Young D, Corbie-Smith G. Community Based Research Infrastructure: An Exemplar of
Community Engagement. Poster presented at the 30th Annual Minority Health Conference,
Chapel Hill, NC, February 27, 2009
Green M, Simmons T, Ornelas I, Perez G, Blumenthal C, Lyn M, Corbie-Smith G. Training
promatoras to prevent depression and promote mental health: ALMA Project. Poster presentation
at NIH Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities, National Harbor, MD, December
2008.
Weiner B, De Marco, M, Green M, Boyd C, Hadley M, Goldmon M, Manning M, Ammerman
A, Corbie-Smith G. Organizational Readiness to Participate in Research: Examining the
Organizational Factors of Black Churches that Support Engagement in Research to Reduce
Health Disparities. Poster presentation at the first annual Trans-NIH Health Disparities Summit,
National Harbor, MD, December 2008.
Goldmon MV, Roberson J, Boyd C, Ammerman A, Corbie-Smith G, Carey TS, Howard DL,
Godley PA. Data Collection/Data Distribution Center: Building a sustainable African-American
church-based research network. Oral presentation at American Public Health Association Annual
Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 25-29, 2008.
Green MA, Boyd C, Goldmon MV, Hayes M, Ammerman A, Corbie-Smith G, Carey TS,
Howard DL, Godley PA. Congregational health assessments: Identifying congregation health
priorities to enhance academic-community partnerships. Oral presentation at American Public
Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 25-29, 2008.
Lloyd SW, Blumenthal C, Youmans S, Akers A, Adimora A, Council B, Cavellini D, Ellison A,
Muhammad M, Wynn M, Corbie-Smith G. To teach or not to teach: Opinions of African
American youth and adults in regard to the appropriateness of “abstinence-only” school curricula
in the face of the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in rural North Carolina. Poster presented at
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 25-29, 2008.
Smith DM, Banks B, Leniek KL, Albritton T, Akers A, Youmans S, Corbie-Smith G, Wynn M,
Parker D, Ellison A, Council B, Oxendine-Pitt P, Henderson S, Stith D. In their own voices:
Using CBPR to inform the design and implementation of a community-based HIV prevention
intervention for rural African American adolescents. Roundtable presented at American Public
Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 25-29, 2008.
Youmans S, Adimora A, Corbie-Smith G, Akers A, Blumenthal C, Lloyd SW, Roman Isler M,
Ellison A, Muhammad M, Council B. “That's the Devil's Work”: Rural African-Americans
describe the role of the church in addressing HIV. Poster presented at American Public Health
Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 25-29, 2008.
Roman Isler M, Banks B, Bland J, Hayes M, Miles M, Corbie-Smith G.
Living with HIV/AIDS in rural NC – An exploration of the physical and socio-cultural
environmental barriers. Oral presentation at American Public Health Association Annual
Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 25-29, 2008.
Banks B, Roman Isler M, Miles M, Corbie-Smith G. Understanding HIV disclosure among
African-Americans and Latinos in the rural southeast to increase access to needed services and
support. Oral presentation at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego,
CA, October 25-29, 2008.
Roman Isler M, Banks B, Bland J, Blumenthal C, Hayes M, Corbie-Smith G. Rural perceptions,
barriers, and facilitators to rural minority participation in clinical trials. Oral presentation at
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 25-29, 2008.
Roman Isler M, Banks B, Blumenthal C, Bland J, Hayes M, Corbie-Smith G. Perceptions of a
mobile unit for clinical trial enrollment and participation. Oral presentation at American Public
Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 25-29, 2008.
Corbie-Smith G, Roman Isler M, Strauss E. Combining socio-spatial methods to understand
social and physical environmental contributors to HIV risk in rural minority communities. Oral
presentation at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October
25-29, 2008.
George AE, Corbie-Smith G, Switzer G, Doswell W, Gold MA, Akers A. "It takes a village":
The role of African American social networks in adolescent sex education and parental
monitoring. Oral presentation at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San
Diego, CA, October 25-29, 2008.
Weiner B, De Marco M, Green MA, Boyd C, Manning M, Goldmon MV, Hadley M, CorbieSmith G, Myatt R, Ammerman A. Organizational readiness to participate in research: Examining
the organizational factors of Black Churches that support engagement in research to reduce
health disparities. Poster presented at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San
Diego, CA, October 25-29, 2008.
Akers AY, Gold MA, Corbie-Smith G, Switzer GE, Doswell W, George, AE. Skirting the issue:
Communication about contraception and abortion in African-American families. (Reproductive
Health 2008, Annual Meetings of the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP),
the Society of family Planning, and the Planned Parenthood Federation of the American national
Medical Committed (PPNMC), Washington D.C., August 17- 20, 2008)
Weiner B, De Marco M, Green M, Boyd C, Hadley M, Goldmon M, Manning M, Ammerman A,
Corbie-Smith G. Organizational Readiness to Engage in Research: Examining the Organizational
Factors of Black Churches that Support Engagement in Research to Reduce Health Disparities.
Poster presentation at 14th Annual NRSA Trainees Research Conference, Washington, DC, June
2008.
Weiner B, De Marco M, Green M, Boyd C, Hadley M, Goldmon M, Manning M, Ammerman A,
Corbie-Smith G. Organizational Readiness to Engage in Research: Examining the Organizational
Factors of Black Churches that Support Engagement in Research to Reduce Health Disparities.
Poster presentation at the Family Research Consortium IV Fifth Annual Summer Institute, New
Orleans, LA, June 2008.
Albritton, T, Smith, D, Corbie-Smith, G. In Their Own Eyes: Rural African American Youth
Speak Out About the Design and Implementation of a Community-Based HIV Prevention
Intervention. Poster presentation at the Social Work National HIV/AIDS Conference,
Washington, DC, May 2008.
Green M, Hayes M, Blumenthal C, White B, Wright G, Corbie-Smith G. Community Research
Advocates: Peer educators increasing community dialogue about cancer health disparities and
research participation. Poster presentation at Cancer, Culture & Literary 6th Biennial Conference,
Clearwater Beach, Florida, May 15-17, 2008.
Leniek K, Green M, Simmons T, Ornelas I, Perez G, Blumenthal C, Lyn M, Yaggy S, CorbieSmith G. “Project ALMA-A culturally responsive intervention to prevent depression and anxiety
among Latina immigrants.” Poster presentation at 9th Annual Women’s Health Research
Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, April 2008.
Bussey-Jones J, Garrett JM, Henderson GE, Maloney M, Blumenthal C, Corbie-Smith G.
Refusing tissue/blood donation for research: The association of race and trust with willingness to
provide tissue samples in a genetic epidemiologic study. Journal General Internal Medicine,
April 2008, 23(S2):323.
Akers A, Corbie-Smith G, Switzer GE, Gold MA, Doswell W, Chang J, Terry MA, Fischoff B,
Wiesenfeld H, Thomas S. Teach your children Well (TYCW): Developing a pilot intervention to
empower African American parents to promote responsible sexual behaviors among Teens.
Poster presented at 2008 Annual CRT, National CTSA KL2, K12, and K30 clinical Research
Scholars Meeting, Washington, DC, March 25, 2008.
Youmans S, Stith D, Corbie-Smith G, Blumenthal C, Muhammad M, Adimora A, Ellison A,
Williams Lloyd S, Smith D, Wynn M, Henderson S, Power and partnerships: Overcoming
challenges in community partnerships, roundtable presented at American Public Health
Association annual conference, November 2007.
Corbie-Smith G, Muhammad M, Blumenthal C, Youmans S, Stith D, Ellison A, Adimora A,
Williams Lloyd S, Smith D, Henderson S, Project GRACE: Building and sustaining effective
CBPR partnerships to address HIV disparities, American Public Health Association annual
conference, November 5, 2007.
Corbie-Smith G, Muhammad M, Blumenthal C, Youmans S, Stith D, Ellison A, Adimora A,
Williams Lloyd S, Smith D, Henderson S, Assessing adherence to CBPR principles as a
mechanism for strengthening community-academic partnerships, presented at American Public
Health Association annual conference, November 5, 2007.
Banks B, Youmans S, Muhammad M, Ellison A, Williams Lloyd S, Smith D, Wynn M, Akers A,
Adimora A, Corbie-Smith G, “Take the condom off”: A qualitative exploration of HIV behaviors
of male adolescents in rural North Carolina, presented at American Public Health Association
annual conference, November 2007.
Akers AY, Burns ZC, Gold MA, Corbie-Smith G, Coyne-Beasley T. “Rationality in Adolescent
Sexual Decision-Making: Adolescent Understanding of Sexually Transmitted Infection Risk and
Risk Reduction Strategies,” presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical
Decision Making, October 24, 2007.
Akers AY, Gold MA, Corbie-Smith G, Coyne-Beasley. Who gets tested and why: Adolescent
decision-making regarding sexually transmitted infection testing. Poster presentation at 29th
Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making, Pittsburgh, PA, October 20-24,
2007.
Akers AY, Burns ZC, Gold MA, Coyne-Beasley T, Corbie-Smith G. Rationality in adolescent
sexual decision-making: Adolescent understanding of sexually transmitted infection risk and risk
reduction strategies. Poster presentation at 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical
Decision Making, Pittsburgh, PA, October 20-24, 2007.
Youmans S, Blumenthal C, Adimora A, Council B, Muhammad M, Ellison A, Corbie-Smith G,
Engaging academic and community members in partnerships through the Project GRACE
Consortium, presented at Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, June 2007.
Bussey-Jones J, Henderson GE, Garrett JM, Maloney M, Corbie-Smith G. Asking the right
questions: Views on genetic variation research among participants in a colorectal cancer genetic
epidemiology study. Journal General Internal Medicine, April 2007, 22(S1):64.
Henderson GE, Garrett JM, Bussey-Jones J, Maloney M, Corbie-Smith G. Great expectations:
Participants views and future participation in genetic studies. Journal General Internal Medicine,
April 2007, 22(S1):117.
Durant RW, Legedza AT, Corbie-Smith G; Freeman MB, Landon BE. Racial differences in
distrust in clinical research among elderly whites and elderly African Americans. Journal
General Internal Medicine, April 2006, 21(S4):117.
Bussey-Jones J, Henderson GE, Corbie-Smith G. Views on the meaning of genetic research
among a sample of participants in a colorectal cancer genetic epidemiology study. Journal
General Internal Medicine, April 2006, 21(S4):160-1.
Akers A, Bernstein L, Henderson S, Doyle J, Corbie-Smith G, “Factors Associated with HIV
Testing Among Older at-Risk Women,” poster presentation at the 7th Annual Women’s Health
Research Day, Center for Women’s Health Research, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC, April 5, 2006.
Corbie-Smith G, St. George DM, Thomas SB, “Distrust, Race and Research: A National
Perspective,” presented in the opening plenary session at the Society of General Internal
Medicine annual national meeting, May 2001.
Corbie-Smith G, Doyle JP, Flagg EW, “Effect of Race and Usual Source of Care on Receipt of
Preventive Services as a Measure of Access of Care,” accepted for Society of General Internal
Medicine annual national meeting poster presentation, May, 2000, Journal of General Internal
Medicine, April 2000 (supplement), 12: 59.
Corbie-Smith G, Viscoli C, Kernan W, Brass L, Horwitz R, “Clinical Features, Not Race or
Education, Predict Trial Participation,” accepted for Society of General Internal Medicine annual
national meeting poster presentation, May 2000, Journal General Internal Medicine, May 2000,
(supplement) 15: 60.
Torke AM, Corbie-Smith G, Branch WT, “A Qualitative Assessment of Medical Decision
Making in an Inner City Hospital, accepted for Society of General Internal Medicine annual
national meeting poster presentation, Journal of General Internal Medicine, May 2000,
(supplement) 15: 167.
Brady DW, Corbie-Smith G, Branch WT, “A Journey into Darkness and Light: The Use of
Reflection to Enhance Self-Awareness During Internship and Residency, accepted for Society of
General Internal Medicine annual national meeting poster presentation, May 2000, Journal of
General Internal Medicine, May 2000 (supplement), 15: 159.
Corbie-Smith G, Thomas S, Duncan T, Quinn SC, Racial Differences in Perceptions of
Physicians and Research: Results of a National Telephone Survey,” accepted for Society of
General Internal Medicine annual national meeting oral presentation, April 1998, Journal of
General Internal Medicine, April 1998 (supplement), 13: 63.
Corbie-Smith G, Thomas S, Williams M, Moody-Ayers S, “Understanding Barriers to African
American Participation in Clinical Trials,” accepted for Society of General Internal Medicine
annual national meeting poster presentation, April 1997, Journal of General Internal Medicine,
April 1997 (supplement), 12: 118.
Corbie-Smith G, Ahluwalia J, Saitz R, Clark WS, “Alcohol Screening in an Inner-City Clinic
Using CAGE and AUDIT,” Journal of General Internal Medicine, April 1996 (supplement), 11:
140.
Other Works
Corbie-Smith G, “Role of Cultural Competence in Addressing Health Disparities,” Society of
General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Forum, October, 2001, 22: 1
Corbie-Smith G, “Race, Gender and Quality of Health Care,” Society of General Internal
Medicine (SGIM) Forum, November, 1999, 22: 5
Corbie-Smith G, “Tuskegee as a Metaphor” [letter], Science, July 2, 1999, 285: 47
Selected Invited Presentations
“Achieving Equity through Community-Based Participatory Research: A Portrait of Project
GRACE.” Gender, Health, & The South 2015 Symposium Wake Forest University, WinstonSalem NC, April 2015.
“Women of Color and Health: Examining the Risk and Protective Factors that Influence Health
Disparities.” Women's Health Awareness Day at North Carolina Central University, Durham
NC, April 2015.
“Authentic Community-Academic Partnerships.” Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance 15 Year
Anniversary Lecture Series, Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Nashville TN, March 2015.
“Community-Engaged Research: The building, balance, benefits & bruises.” Keynote Address for
Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS), The Robert
H Lurie Medical Research Center of Northwestern University, May 2013.
“Panel Four: Making an Impact – From Considerations, to Recommendations to Change.” An
Invitational Summit Making the Link: Connecting Community Experience and National Policy
to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes. March 2012.
“Building and Sustaining Trust in Community Partnerships to Promote Health”, Keynote
Address for “A Community-Academic Forum: Misunderstanding and Mistrust in Health
Research and Health Care: Opening a Dialogue in Boston”, Boston Children’s Hospital
Center for Collaborative Community Research, June 2012.
Visiting Professor, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine,
January 2009.
Visiting Professor, Center for Rural Health, University of Virginia, School of Nursing,
December 2008.
Invited Plenary Address, NIH Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities,
December, 2008.
Visiting Professor, Center for Community Based Research, University of Pennsylvania,
October 2007.
Visiting Professor, National Institutes of Health, National Human Genome Research Institute,
June 2006.
Visiting Professor, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, May 2005.
Phyllis Bodel Visiting Professor, Yale University School of Medicine, November, 2004.
“Genetics and Epidemiology”, American College of Epidemiology, September 2004.
“More than just a little blood: ethical challenges in genetic variation research” 9th Annual
Conference on Genetics and Ethics in the 21st Century, Aspen Colorado, July 2004.
Visiting Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, December, 2003.
“African American participation in research: What do we know and what should we do”
National Medical Association Pediatric Research Network, Aug 2003.
“What Can We Do To Reduce Health Disparities” Keynote address, North Carolina Schweitzer
Fellows Symposium, Chapel Hill, NC, November, 2002.
Minority Health Update, panel, 25th annual meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine,
Atlanta, GA, May 2002.
Closing the circle between minority participation in research and health disparities, “The Politics
of ‘Racial Health: Myths, Maladies and the History of Policy”, Rutgers State University of New
Jersey, October, 2001.
Distrust, Race and Research, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Bethesda, MD, July
2001.
Recruitment of Minorities into Clinical Trials: Barriers and Solutions, 83rd Annual Meeting, The
Endocrine Society, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 2000.
Chair, Workshop, Reaching the Unreached: Research Participation and Underserved
Populations, 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine, Boston,
Massachusetts, May 2000.
Chair, Research Panel, Minority Faculty Development Precourse, 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Society of General Internal Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, May 2000.
Lessons Learned from Tuskegee: African American Patients and Research, in “Walking in Each
Other’s Shoes: Developing Intercultural Awareness and Communications Skills”, One-day
course for University Faculty, Emory University, April 2000.
Keynote address, 13th Annual Mary Starke Harper Lecture Series, Bioethics and Health Care:
Cultural Considerations, Tuskegee University School of Nursing and Allied Health, March 2000.
Applied Research Ethics, The 2000 National Conference of African Americans and AIDS,
February 2000.
Facilitator, The Impact of Diversity on Public Education and End of Life Care, Georgia
Collaborative to Improve End of Life Care, Second Annual Conference, February, 2000.
Corbie-Smith G, Considerations For Carrying Out Research With Vulnerable Populations:
Lessons Learned From Tuskegee, Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in
Research and Health Care, November 1999.
Corbie-Smith G, Trust or Distrust: Perspectives on Barriers to Communication Between Doctors
and African- American Patients, American Academy on Physician and Patients Annual National
Faculty Development Course, June 1998.
Corbie-Smith G, Health Issues for African American Women. Georgia Southern University,
Georgia Commission on Women, September 1997.
Corbie-Smith G, Health Care Providers and Mammography Referral in African American
Women: What are the Barriers and What Can We Do? Atlanta Multi-City Mammography Pilot
Project, Georgia Medical Care Foundation, Health Care Financing Administration, Department
of Health and Human Services, September 1997.
Corbie-Smith G, The Tuskegee Experiment: A Case-Study of Psychocultural Barriers to Access,
Horizons Pilot Project Conference, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health
and Human Services, June 1997.
Corbie-Smith G, Thomas S, Williams M, Moody-Ayers S, “Understanding Barriers to African
American Participation in Clinical Trials,” Poster presentation at the Society of General Internal
Medicine 1997 Annual National meeting, Washington, DC, May 1997.
Corbie-Smith G, The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, “Implications for the Practice of Medicine,”
workshop, Southern Regional Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine presentation,
New Orleans, Louisiana, February 1997.
Doyle J., Ahluwalia J., McNagny S., Corbie-Smith G, A longitudinal case study in
hypertension: An evidence based approach,” Society of General Internal Medicine presentation,
1996 Annual National meeting, Washington, DC, May 1996.
Corbie-Smith G, “The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Its Implication for the Doctor-Patient
Relationship,” Emory University School of Medicine, Faculty Development Workshop, January
1996.
Selected Guest Lectures and Workshops
2003
Qualitative Research Working Group, RWJ Clinical Scholars Program
Pediatric Research Network, National Medical Association
Health Disparities Lectures Series, UNC Sheps Center
Visiting Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
2002
Clinical Scholars Core Curriculum
INCLEN XVII Global Meeting
Project Impact, National Medical Association
2001
“Race and Ethnicity in Public Health Research,” UNC SPH
Practice based research networks, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Program on Health Outcomes, Summer Outcomes Day, UNC SPH
2000
“Reaching the Unreached: Research Participation and Underserved Populations,” Society of
General Internal Medicine, David E. Rogers Junior Faculty Education Award
Teaching Record
At University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Student and Faculty Mentoring in ResearchMy primary teaching role has been as a research mentor for junior faculty, fellows, graduate and
medical students. Through my leadership of and involvement in several training programs at
UNC, I have mentored trainees from a variety of disciplines and academic ranks, substantially
contributing to UNC’s pool of future investigators in clinical and community-based research. I
co-direct UNC’s Simmons Scholars Program, devoted to attracting, recruiting and retaining
clinical faculty from underrepresented groups in order to enhance faculty diversity in the School
of Medicine. I have served as a core faculty member for the RWJ Clinical Scholars Program and
several NIH T32 training grants, including the National Research Service Award (NRSA)
Primary Care Research Program and the NRSA Health Services Research Fellowship, both
based at the Sheps Center, as well as on UNC’s Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in
Women's Health (BIRCWH), Roadmap KL2, and K30 programs. I have served as co-director for
training and outreach for the Center for Genomics and Society (P50HG004488) and have been a
faculty mentor for the UNC Kellogg’s Health Scholars postdoctoral program. Since arriving at
UNC, I have served as a summer research mentor for 12 minority undergraduates from across the
country in the UNC Summer Pre Graduate Research Experience and most recently the
Morehouse School of Medicine IMOTHEP program. I have served as mentor on two diversity
supplements and one administrative supplement to add junior minority trainees to my funded
research projects. Through these programs I have obtained a wealth of experience providing both
direct, formal research mentorship and informal career guidance for young scholars. I also
currently hold a K24 (HL 105493) to mentor trainees in CVD risk reduction in rural minority
communities.
Classroom and Clinical teaching
MTEC 123: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health: Progress and Community Impact, UNC
Department of Social Medicine
The goal of this seminar is to encourage critical thinking and lifelong learning about the ways in
which various disciplines investigate, address, and communicate information about health
disparities. We review and discuss readings about health disparities and the social determinants
of health from a range of sources including peer-reviewed journals, foundation and research
organization reports, government policies and programs, and news media coverage. These
readings serve as a base for our journal club, and a critical foundation from which to do research.
Each seminar starts with a student led journal club that draws on seminal articles as well as
contemporary literature on environmental influences on chronic illness.
Required 2nd year course for all medical students taught in the Department of Social Medicine
(students select from fourteen seminars): approximately 12 students per seminar, 12 sessions, 1
hour 50 minutes each session, Spring semester
Fall 2011-Spring 2011: Primary Instructor
Fall 2012-Spring 2013: Primary Instructor
Fall 2015-Spring 2016: Primary Instructor
Health Care and Prevention, Public Health Leadership Program UNC SPH:
This Master’s of Public Health Program is designed for medical students who are interested in
bringing together clinical and population health perspectives. Students take courses in clinical
epidemiology, biostatistics, and critical appraisal of the literature. Faculty Advisors offer career
counseling, guidance on master’s paper, and supervision during research practicum. Faculty
advisor to 3 medical students
2003 – Present: Faculty Advisor/Mentor
Precepting in Ambulatory Care Center: Supervise Internal Medicine interns and residents in
outpatient setting with an emphasis on the principles of primary care in a continuity setting and
lead weekly pre-clinic conferences. Two to four half day sessions per month: approximately 4-5
residents per session
2002 – 2009: Attending Physician, outpatient clinic
Humanities and Social Sciences Selectives, MEDI 231:
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health: What do we know and what can we do?
The objectives of this course are to explore two questions ― Why do some groups have better
health than others? How do individual, environmental, structural and contextual factors
contribute to racial differences in health outcomes? Participants critically evaluate the scientific
literature to understand the sources of racial differences in health in the US today. Key questions
for reflection include: Does medical care contribute to health and minimize health disparities? Or
does the doctor-patient relationship reproduce pre-existing social inequalities? What types of
interventions would need to be put in place to address or ameliorate disparities in health,
disparities in healthcare?
Required 2nd year course for all medical students taught in the Department of Social Medicine
(students select from fourteen seminars): approximately 12 students per seminar, 12 sessions, 1
hour 50 minutes each session, Spring semester
Spring 2009: Primary Instructor
Spring 2008: Primary Instructor
Spring 2007: Primary Instructor
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Wednesday Work in Progress Seminar:
The major goal of these seminars is to facilitate development of the Scholars’ research ideas.
Two Scholars per seminar present their work-in-progress to ensure continuous development of
their research. These oral presentations, moderated by CSP faculty, emphasize structured and
practical peer review feedback.
Required seminar for all Clinical Scholars at UNC: 2 hours weekly in Fall, Spring and Summer
semesters
2002 - 2006: Faculty/Mentor
Clinical Epidemiology, MEDI 220 and Tools for Diagnosis and Therapy, MEDI 230 (Clinical
Epidemiology component): The objectives of these courses are: to increase knowledge and skills
concerning the application of the scientific method to clinical issues and decision making; to
increase knowledge and understanding of the factors associated with health and disease; to
develop an understanding of the quantitative methods used in research and clinical measurement
used to solve clinical problems; and to increase skills in finding and judging the quality of
information obtained from patients and clinical literature.
Required 2nd year courses for all medical students taught in the Department of Social Medicine:
12-14 students per seminar, 3 hours weekly in Spring semester (Clinical Epidemiology), Fall
semester 3 days (Tools for Diagnosis and Therapy)
2006: Primary Instructor- Fall Block
2004-2005: Course Director
2004: Primary Instructor- Fall Block
2002-2003: Primary Instructor
Medicine and Society, MEDI 127: The course objectives are: to increase knowledge of the
ways in which social and cultural contexts affect disease, experiences of illness and the roles of
physicians; to develop a critical understanding of the historical, educational and ethical forces
that shape physicians and doctor-patient relationships and to increase the knowledge of the
social, political and economic forces that influence the organization and delivery of medical
services.
Required 1st year course for all medical students taught in the Department of Social Medicine:
approximately 14 students per seminar, 1.5 hours weekly in Fall and Spring semester
2001 - 2002: Seminar Instructor for Medicine and Society
2000 - 2001: Observer, required all new instructors
Humanities and Social Sciences Selectives, MEDI 231 - Research, Relationships and Ethics:
The aims of this seminar are to examine the ethical underpinnings, social dynamics and various
cultural meanings of human subjects research in medicine. Seminar participants study the federal
regulations and the principles that undergird them but move beyond them to consider the history,
context and various cultural meanings of medical research. The approach is predominantly case
oriented, with particular focus on community-based research, corporate sponsorship of research,
inclusion of children in research, waiver of consent in emergency research and protocols for
prenatal surgical repair of congenital malformations.
Required 2nd year course for all medical students taught in the Department of Social Medicine
(students select from fourteen seminars): approximately 12 students per seminar: 12 sessions, 1
hour 50 minutes each session, Spring and Fall semesters
Fall 2002: Instructor
Spring 2002: Co-seminar instructor
At Emory University
Faculty Advisor, Inginia Genao and Jada Bussey Jones, “Assessment of Cross-Cultural Medicine
Curriculum and its Impact on Students' Level of Knowledge on Cultural Competence,” Emory
University School of Medicine, 2001
Faculty Advisor, Lisa Bernstein, “Sexual Practices and Knowledge of HIV Risk Among Older
Women in an Inner-City Primary Care Clinic,” Emory University School of Medicine, 2000
Course Co-Director, Third Year Medical Student Clinical Ethics Course: Internal Medicine,
1998 - 2000
Thesis committee member, Pamela Dzwebna, “A Formative Evaluation of a Training Video for
Recruiters,” Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public
Health, Masters of Public Health Candidate, 1999
Faculty Advisor, Alexia Tourke, “Assessment of the Informed Consent Process in Patients
Undergoing Flexible Sigmoidoscopy at an Inner City Hospital,” Primary Care resident research
project, Emory University School of Medicine, 1999
Primary research advisor, Summer Undergraduate Research Experience, (SURE), Ayana
Hunter (Spellman undergraduate) and Petrenia Davis (Spellman undergraduate), Summer and
Fall 1999
Preceptor, “The Doctor-Patient Encounter: Multicultural Module,” Yale University School of
Medicine, Sophomore Student Lectures, Spring 1995
Course Lectures
Corbie-Smith G. “Cross- Cultural Communication in the Doctor-Patient Relationship,” Emory
University School of Medicine, Psychosocial Module of the Primary Care Residency Lecture
Series, 1998-1999
Corbie-Smith G, “Cross-Cultural Communication in the Doctor-Patient Relationship,” Emory
University School of Medicine, Psychosocial Module of the Primary Care Residency Lecture
Series, 1997-1998
Corbie-Smith G, “Cross-Cultural Communication in the Doctor-Patient Relationship,” Emory
University School of Medicine, Psychosocial Module of the Primary Care Residency Lecture
Series, 1996-1997
Corbie-Smith G. and Barbour A, “The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Ethical Considerations,” Emory
University School of Medicine, Faculty/Medical Student Workshop, Spring 1996
Corbie-Smith G, “The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Ethical Implications for the Doctor-Patient
Relationship,” Emory University School of Medicine, Resident Primary Care Lecture Series,
Spring 1996
Corbie-Smith G and Brady D, “Cultural Issues in the Doctor-Patient Relationship,” Emory
University School of Medicine, Resident Primary Care Monthly Lecture Series, Spring 1996
Corbie-Smith G, “Screening for Alcohol Abuse,” Primary Care Lecture Series, Fall 1995
Grants
Current Support
Mentoring in Community Influences on CVD Risk
Role: Principal Investigator, 50% effort, $952,716
Agency: NIH/NHLBI, Grant#: K24 HL 105493-01, 09/20/2010 - 07/31/2015
This career development award gives Dr. Corbie-Smith the dedicated time to focus on patientoriented research in cardiovascular disease prevention, and recruit and mentor some of the
brightest young scientists at UNC into healthcare disparities research.
Carolina Community Network Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CCN II)
Role: Co-Investigator, 25% Effort, $796,013
Agency: NCI, Grant#: 1-U54-CA153602-01, 09/01/2010 – 09/31/2015
The Carolina Community Network Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CCN II) will
leverage the myriad successes of CCN I and continue to promote the community-based
participatory research (CBPR) approach in adhering to the established mission of reducing
cancer health disparities among adult African Americans in North Carolina. CCN II will be
based at the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and will provide a three-pronged research infrastructure that includes: Outreach,
Research, and Training.
North Carolina Clinical Genomic Evaluation by NextGen Exome Sequencing
Role: Principle Investigator, 5% effort, $1,107,848
Agency: NIH/NHGRI, Grant#: 1U01HG006487-01, 12/2011-11/2015
The aims of this U01 are to evaluate the use and performance of WES as a diagnostic tool; to eEvaluate
the occurrence, use, and impact of incidental WES information; to develop practical, ethical, and
clinically-oriented mechanisms to facilitate interpretation, management, reporting and patient decisionmaking about WES data; and to apply WES in medically underserved groups to explore special
opportunities and challenges to the broad implementation of clinical WES.
Lung Cancer Surgery: Decisions Against Life Saving Care – The Intervention
Role: Co-Investigator, 5% Effort, $2,122,403
Agency: American Cancer Society, Grant#: RSG-05-217-05-CPPB, 07/01/2011-06/30/2016
This American Cancer Society sponsored study is designed to use a health literacy and culturally
appropriate communication intervention for patients and electronic data tools with data feedback for
providers to optimize surgical treatment for early stage lung cancer for all patients and to reduce the
surgical gap between African-American and white lung cancer patients.
Reducing Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Rural Communities in NC
Role: Principal Investigator, 4% Effort, $1,895,021
Agency: NIH/NHLBI, Grant#: 1-R01-HL120690-01, 03/15/2014-02/28/2018
The proposed study will address this gap in the literature by determining the feasibility and efficacy of
adapting EBIs to consider the social and physical environment important in rural African American
communities and determining the acceptability of mobile technology in these communities to support
behavior change. The proposed study is built on the strong foundation of Project GRACE’s 8-year history
of designing and testing interventions using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach,
and individual and collaborative expertise in community-based CVD outreach, service and research.
Preconception e-Intervention to Reduce Infant Mortality Due to Maternal Obesity
Role: Investigator, 2% Effort, $228,000
Agency: NIDDK, Grant#: R21DK095189-01A1, 04/01/2013-03/31/2018
Overweight and obesity have reached epidemic proportions and contribute to a vicious cycle of diabetes,
cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women and adverse birth outcomes their offspring. Women who are
overweight/obese at conception are at risk for gestational diabetes (i.e.diabetes of pregnancy), postpartum
weight retention, type 2 diabetes and CVD in the years after delivery.1 African American women share a
disproportionate burden of overweight/obesity and the downstream consequences of this disease. Of the 4
million women who become pregnant each year in the US, over 60% are overweight or obese. African
American women who are considering pregnancy should benefit from behavioral interventions (Diabetes
Prevention Program, PREMIER), proven effective for weight loss and glucose control in general
populations, but there continues to be a need to test the effectiveness in underserved populations and
during this critical period of the woman’s lifespan. We propose building on our experiences with First
WInD to test the effectiveness of a theory-driven, provider-supported, preconception intervention.
UNC TraCS Institute
Role: Deputy Director and Core Director, 25% effort, $9,664,137 (PI: Buse)
Agency: NIH/NCRR, Grant # 5 UL1 TR001111 01 03, 09/26/2013 - 04/30/2018
UNC Clinical and Translational Science Award
Major Goals: A national consortium of medical research institutions, funded through Clinical
and Translational Science Awards, is working together and shares a common vision: to improve
the way biomedical research is conducted across the country, reduce the time it takes for
laboratory discoveries to become treatments for patients, engage communities in clinical research
efforts, and train the next generation of clinical and translational researchers.
Completed Research Support
Carolina-Shaw Comprehensive NCMHD Research Center
Role: Co-Investigator, 1% effort, $6,828,530 (PI: Godley)
Agency: NIH/NCMHD, Grant #: 2 P60 MD000244-08, 09/10/2007 - 05/31/2015
The goal of the Carolina-Shaw Comprehensive NCMHD Research Center is to take advantage of
the existing close relationship between Shaw University and UNC by combining the research
and teaching resources at UNC with Shaw University's expertise in strengthening AfricanAmerican communities and training minority leaders. This expanded inter-university partnership
will jointly conduct cutting edge health disparities research that leverages the infrastructure
developed during the previous grant period including the DC2 church network and the Shaw
University Center for Survey Research. The focus of this Center is to eliminate chronic disease
health disparities between whites and blacks. The thematic focus of the proposed Center will be
to serve as a research incubator that will conduct innovative minority health research among
adult African-American populations in North Carolina.
Project EAST: Increasing Access to HIV Trials for Rural Minorities
Role: Principal Investigator, 5% effort, $1,323,552
Agency: NIH/NINR
Grant #: 1R01NR010204-04, 09/18/2006 - 06/30/2011
This study seeks to gain a better understanding of the individual and community influences on
research participation in HIV clinical trials which will result in innovative, theory based,
culturally responsive interventions to increase minority representation.
Project GRACE: A Participatory Approach to Address Health Disparities
Role: Principal Investigator, 9% effort, $1,638,662
Agency: NIH/National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities
Grant #: 1 R24 MD001671-01, 09/30/2005 - 06/30/2008
Project GRACE uses a community-based participatory research approach to partnership
development and intervention design. The long-term goal is the development of feasible and
sustainable interventions that reduce the spread of HIV.
Project GRACE: A Participatory Approach to Address Health Disparities
Role: Principal Investigator, 4% effort, $1,452,090
Agency: NIH/National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities
Grant #: R24 MD001671-05, 09/30/2005 - 02/28/2014
Project GRACE uses a community-based participatory research approach to partnership
development and intervention design to expand, strengthen and evaluate the development of the
Project GRACE Consortium; to identify community needs and assets in target counties to
support the development of multilevel interventions to address individual and
environmental/contextual factors that influence the spread of HIV; to define culturally
appropriate multilevel interventions; and to test the feasibility of proposed methods to address
both individual and environmental/contextual determinants of the spread of HIV.
Center for Genomics and Society
Role: Co-Investigator, 5% effort, $ 3,637,429 (PI: Henderson)
Agency: NIH/NHGRI, Grant #: 1 P50 HG004488-03, 09/27/2007 – 04/30/2013
The UNC-CH Center for Genomics and Society focuses on newly emerging ethical, legal and
social implications (ELSI) of genomics research as the field shifts its focus from small efforts to
those on a much larger scale. We will conduct research projects on ELSI issues; offer a research
ethics consultation service for genomic researchers; facilitate policy initiatives that are informed
by our research findings; and provide training, education, and community engagement
particularly focused on underrepresented minorities to foster continued ELSI research on largescale genomics.
Minority Recruitment Core, Carolina-Shaw Partnership for the Elimination of Health
Disparities
Role: Co-Investigator/Core Director (PI: Godley)
Agency: NIH/National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Grant # 1P60 MD000244, 10/01/2002 - 09/31/2007
The goal of this project is to work with Black churches to develop and pilot test a registry of
minority community members who are interested in being contacted about future research
participation in cancer studies; and to engage in outreach to the scientific community to identify
and address investigator specific barriers to minority recruitment.
Reducing Barriers to Symptom Management and Palliative Care
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Hanson)
Agency: NIH/NCI, Grant #: 1R21 NR09785-01, 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2007
The objective of this study is to improve treatment for pain and suffering for African American
patients with cancer. An interdisciplinary group of faculty with expertise in palliative care and in
community-based research will design and implement a Palliative Care Lay Health Advisor
Program in a network of African American churches.
Learning about Research in North Carolina (LeARN)
Role: Principal Investigator, 10% effort, $1,188,399
Agency: NIH/Human Genome Research Institute/ELSI
Grant # R01 HG002830, 06/13/2003 -­‐05/31/2007
The goal of this project is to conduct a telephone survey to understand participants’ views of
genetic variation research and their perceptions about the causes of colorectal cancer.
Research Supplement for Underrepresented Minorities to Learning about Research in North
Carolina
Role: Principal Investigator/Mentor, 0% effort, $99,192
Agency: NIH/NHGRI, Grant #: 3 R01 HG002830-03S1, 07/01/2005 - 05/31/2007
The goal of the supplement is to have Dr. Bussey-Jones use the mentored research experience
and other proposed activities to acquire new skills and knowledge that will enable her to prepare
an individual mentored career development award. Dr. Corbie-Smith will be Dr. Bussey-Jones’
primary research mentor.
Overcoming Barriers to African American Participation in Research
Role: Principal Investigator, 0%, $365,400
Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Type: Minority Medical Faculty Development Program; 01/2001 - 06/2006
Grant #: 038407 (PI: Corbie-Smith)
The goal was to assess knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices of investigators toward
recruitment and retention of African Americans in clinical research, and design an intervention to
increase participation of African Americans in research.
Barriers to African American Participation in Research
Role: Principal Investigator, 75% effort, $570,054
Agency: National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute
Type: Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award; 09/1999 - 01/2005
Grant #: K01 HL04039 (PI: Corbie-Smith)
The goals of this project were to define the barriers to participation in clinical trials faced by
African American patients and to assess the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices of
investigators toward recruitment and retention of African Americans in clinical research.
End-of-Life Care in the African-American Community: Exploring Hospice Use
Role: Principal Investigator/Mentor; (Co-PI: Reynolds), 0% effort, $15,000
Agency: UNC Program on Ethnicity, Culture and Health Outcomes
Type: Pilot study grant; 12/2002 -­‐ 11/2003
The goal of this project was to define the barriers and facilitators to use of hospice care among
African Americans.
Assessment of Cross-Cultural Medicine Curriculum and its Impact on Students' Level of
Knowledge on Cultural Competence
Role: Co-investigator
Agency: Emory Medical Care Foundation
Type: Intramural Research; 11/1/2001 - 10/31/2003, Grant #: 00005 (PI: Genao)
The goal of this project was to conduct a randomized control trial of a educational intervention
to improve the knowledge of cross cultural issues in medicine.
Influences on Vaccine Use in Elderly African-Americans
Role: Principal Investigator of Pilot Study, 0% effort, $30,000
Agency: National Institute on Aging
Type: Pilot study grant; 09/2001 - 06/2003, Grant # of Parent Study: NR04716 (PI: Mutran)
The goal was to define the barriers and facilitators to African American elders’ use of influenza
vaccines.
Sexual Practices and Knowledge of HIV Risk among Older Women in an Inner-City
Primary Care Clinic
Role: Co-Investigator
Agency: Emory Medical Care Foundation
Type: Intramural Research; 08/01/2001 - 07/31/2002
Grant #: 00002 (PI: Bernstein)
The goals of this project were to describe knowledge, perceived and actual risk of HIV among
postmenopausal African American women seeking care in a public hospital primary care clinic.
An Assessment of the Acceptability of a Rapid HIV Test in an Underserved Population
Role: Co-Investigator
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Type: Research Grant; 09/1999 - 09/2001
Grant #: UR3/CCU416463-02-02 (PI: del Rio)
The goals of this project were to explore the attitudes and beliefs of African Americans toward
HIV testing and to determine whether an opt-out strategy of rapid vs. standard HIV testing would
be feasible in an urban hospital.
Women’s Health Initiative
Role: Co-Investigator
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Type: NIH Contract; 12/1997 - 06/2000
Grant #: N01-WH-3211 (PI: McNagny)
Provided guidance in the recruitment, retention and adherence of participants at the Atlanta site
for this longitudinal cohort and national multi-center clinical trial aimed at understanding the role
of estrogen therapy, low fat diet and calcium/Vitamin D for multiple outcomes in women.
Women’s Estrogen Stroke Trial
Role: Co-Investigator
Agency: NINDS/NIH
Type: Minority Investigator supplement to R01; 1997 - 1999
Grant #: R01-N531251 (PI: Horwitz)
Explored the clinical, sociodemographic and psychosocial determinants of recruitment and
retention into the Women’s Estrogen Stroke Trial (WEST), a randomized, double blind, placebo
controlled trial designed to test whether estrogen treatment would reduce the risk of death or
recurrent stroke in postmenopausal women with established cerebrovascular disease
Factors Associated with Voluntary Participation of Minorities in Clinical Trials
Role: Principal Investigator, 0% effort, $25,000
Agency: Emory Medical Care Foundation, Type: Pilot project grant; 1996 - 1998
The goal of this project was to use qualitative research methods to explore understanding of and
barriers to African American participation in research.
Professional Service
To Discipline
Institute of African American Research (IAAR) Engaged Research Panel, UNC, Chapel Hill NC,
June 2015
Provost’s Taskforce on Engaged Scholarship in Promotion and Tenure, UNC School of
Medicine, Chapel Hill NC., June 2015
Quadrennial Review Coordinator, National Human Genome Research Institute’s Social and
Behavioral Branch (SBRB), Bethesda MD., June 2015
Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) Faculty Advisory Board,
New Haven CT., April 2015
PCORI Clinical Trials Advisory Panel and Subcommittee, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
Institute, Washington D.C., 2015
National Institute of Health Loan Repayment Program (LRP) Reviewer, Bethesda MD., 2015
Provost Task Force on Poverty, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC, 2014-2015
Secretary-elect, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2012Ad hoc study section member, NIMHD, 2010, 2011, 2012
Ad hoc study section member, NINR, 2010
Abstract Selection Committee, Society of General Internal Medicine, Annual Southern Region Meeting,
2007
Council Member, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2004-2007
Chair, Minorities in Medicine Interest Group, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2003
Co-Chair, Abstract Selection Subcommittee on Disparities in Health, Society of General Internal
Medicine, Annual National Meeting, 2003
Co-Chair, Minorities in Medicine Interest Group, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2002- 2003
Chair, Workshop Selection, Society of General Internal Medicine, Annual National Meeting, 2001
Chair, Workshop Selection Subcommittee: Addressing Disparities in Health, Society of General Internal
Medicine, Annual National Meeting, 2000
Diversity and Communication in Health Care: Addressing Race/Ethnicity, Language and Social Class in
Health Care Disparities, Subgroup on Changing Provider Behavior, US Department of Health and Human
Services, Office of Minority Health, 2000
Health Care Policy Workshop Selection Subcommittee, Society of General Internal Medicine, Annual
National Meeting, 1999
Abstract Selection Committee, Society of General Internal Medicine, Annual Southern Region Meeting,
1999
State, National, International Offices or Committees
Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Review Panel 2012
Member, Committee on Standards for Systematic Reviews of Clinical Effectiveness Research, Institute of
Medicine, National Academies of Science, 2009-2011
National Institutes of Health, Special Emphasis Study Section National Institute on Minority Health and
Health Disparities, 2011
Member, North Carolina General Assembly, Comparative Effectiveness Study Committee,
2010
Health Disparities Task Force, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2007-Present
Finance Committee, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2007-2012
National Institutes of Health, Special Emphasis Study Section on Research Ethics, 2000
Development Committee, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2000-Present
Healthcare Delivery and Methodologies (HDM) Integrated Review Group- RC4 Community
Infrastructure applications, 2010
Co-chair, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Rural Communities Conference, NHLB1,
National Institutes of Health, 2010
Chair, Diabetes and Obesity Disparities in Healthcare Systems Conference, National Institutes of Health,
2008
National Federal Advisory Committee, National Children’s Study, 2005-2007
Data Safety and Monitoring Board, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Clinical Network, National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Health, 2001-2006
Scientific and Policy Advisory Committee, Kellogg Minority Health Disparities Scholars
Program, 2000-2006
Committee Member, Ethical Issues in Housing Related Health Hazard Research Involving Children,
Youth and Families, Institute of Medicine, The National Academies, 2004-2005
Joint Morehouse/ Emory Strategic Planning Committee, Research Subcommittee, 1999-2000
Steering Committee, Georgia Collaborative for Improving Care at the End of Life, 1999-2000
Community Advisory Board, Emory/Atlanta HIV Vaccine Evaluation Center, 1999-2000
Dean’s Committee on Strategic Planning for Research at Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory
University School of Medicine, 1999
Advisory Committee, Atlanta Health Ministries, Inc., 1999
Advisory Panel, Minority health issues, "Healthy Doc" project (national study of medical
students), 1999
Minority Affairs Advisory Council, Emory University School of Medicine, 1998
Ethics Committee, Grady Memorial Hospital, 1998
Clinical Education Committee, Yale University School of Medicine, 1994-1995
Intern Selection Committee, Yale University School of Medicine, 1994-1995
Yale Minority Medical Association, Yale University School of Medicine, 1993-1995
Committee on Student Promotions, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1989-1991
Consultantships
Consultant, Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care,
2000
Medical Consultant, “No Place like Home” Grady Memorial Hospital Employee Breast Health
Program, 1998-1999
Advisory Council, Georgia Commission on Organ and Tissue Donation in African Americans,
1998-1999
Editorial appointments
Reviewer, Journal of National Medical Association, 2001-Present
Reviewer, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1999-Present
Reviewer, Annals of Epidemiology, 1999-Present
Reviewer, Annals of Internal Medicine, 1999-Present
Reviewer, American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1996-Present
Associate Editor for Minority Affairs, SGIM Forum, 1999-2005
Associate Editor, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2003, Special Issue on Health Disparities
Within UNC-Chapel Hill
Committees, etc.
Carolina Engagement Council, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Public Service and
Engagement, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2013- present
Panel Speaker on “University Roles in the Promotion of Global Ethics and the Reduction of
Corruption”, International Affairs Advisory Council (IAAC), November 2013
University Committee on Appointments, Promotions and Tenure, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, 2012- 2015
Search Committee, Chair-Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public
Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2012- 2013
School of Medicine Committee on Appointments, Promotions and Tenure- Associate ProfessorTenure Track, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010- 2012
Institute of African-American Research Internal Advisory Board, April 2010-May 2012
Provost Taskforce on Promotion and Tenure, Mentoring Subcommittee, 2010-2011
Chancellor’s Advisory Committee, 2009-2012
Co-Director, Simmons Scholars Program, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, 2007-Present
Chair’s Advisory Committee, Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007-2012
Steering Committee, UNC Program on Ethnicity Culture and Health Outcomes (ECHO),
2000-Present
Search Committee, Executive Associate Dean for Medical Education, School of Medicine,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008
Search Committee for Director, Center for Women’s Health Research, School of Medicine,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007
Advisory Committee on Access to Care, UNC Health Care, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, 2007
Chair Review Committee, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006- 2007
Co-Chair, University Grievance Committee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
2004-2005
University Grievance Committee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002-2004
Search Committee for Ethics Faculty, Department of Social Medicine, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002-2003
Advisory Board, the Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, 2001-2002
Other
Selected Community Service/Invited Public Speaking
HIV, ADAP and Healthcare Reform, Wilson HIV Task Force, 2010
Distrust and Research Participation, WHAD, Wisconsin affiliate of National Public Radio, December,
2002
“Unequal Treatment”, Black Issues Forum, UNC-TV, November 2002
Race, Gender and Quality of Healthcare, Tri-state Media News, MSNBC, September, 1999
Senior Health Forum, St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, September 1999
Awards Selection Committee, Seniors Sharing for the 21st Century, National Council of Negro Women
(NCNW), November 1999
Breast Cancer in African American Women, St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, 1998
Professional Membership
§ § § § Society of General Internal Medicine, 1996-Present
American College of Physicians, 1994-2024
International Society on Hypertension in Blacks, 1996
American Medical Women's Association, 1987-1991
§ Student National Medical Association, 1987-1991