Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS

Instructor in Medicine (General Medicine)
Assistant Director, RWJ Clinical Scholars Program

1996	BA Swarthmore College, Biological Anthropology and Psychology
2001	MD Jefferson Medical College
2006	MHS Yale School of Medicine

Positions

1995	Sigma Xi Honorary Research Fraternity
2000	Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Societyf
2000	Recipient, Eastern Pennsylvania Medical Society’s Award for Leadership and Community Service
2003	Recipient, SEED grant for development of women’s health curriculum
2004	Recipient, Harvard Medical School Class of 2004 Outstanding Resident Teaching  Award
2007	United States Delegate, 10th Annual International Medical Workforce Collaborative
2007	Finalist, Milton W. Hamolsky Junior Faculty Award for Scientific Abstract Submission, Society of General Internal Medicine

Honors

2004-present	Physician Volunteer Preceptor, Yale Primary Care Center, New Haven, CT
2004-present	Member, Cancer Collaborative Committee, Fair Haven Community Health Center, New Haven, CT
2005-present	Physician Volunteer Preceptor, New Haven Neighborhood Health Project, New Haven,     CT
2005-present	Member, NAACP Task Force on Minorities in Medicine
2005-present	Reviewer for Journal of the National Medical Association, Journal of General Internal Medicine
2006-present	Physician Volunteer Preceptor, Haven Free Clinic, New Haven, CT
2006-present	Member, Office for the Elimination of Cancer Disparities, Yale Cancer Center, New  Haven, CT
2006-present	Member, Grants and Research Committee, Charlotte Kimelman Cancer Institute, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
2007-present	Member, Yale University-Wide Minority Advisory Council to President Levin, New  Haven, CT

Professional memberships

Sigma Xi Honorary Research Fraternity
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society
National Medical Association (NMA)
Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)
American Medical Association (AMA)
Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS)
American College of Physicians (ACP)
American Public Health Association (APHA)

Publications

Nunez-Smith M, Curry L, Berg D, Bigby JA, Krumholz HM, Bradley, EH. The Impact of Race on the Professional Lives of Physicians of African Descent:.Annals of Internal Medicine. 2007 Jan 2; 146(1) 45-51

Research Funding

Ongoing

Minority faculty in academic medicine: How to successfully support diversity   

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 
This study uses integrated methods to identify the experiences and structures that have hindered or promoted success among current and former minority faculty members across the country and to characterize the role of race in their professional experiences.
Role: PI

Yale Center for Clinical Investigation
Development of an instrument to measure self-reported experiences of discrimination in health care systems
This study will develop and test the psychometric properties of an instrument to measure perceived discrimination in health care settings from the patient and provider perspective.
Role: PI