University of Miami, Leonard Miller School of Medicine
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
1120 NW 14th Street
Clinical Research Building, Suite 1528
Miami
FLUSA
33136
Biographical Sketch: Dr. Kobetz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Miami (UM) Miller School of Medicine. She is also a member of the Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention program at the UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Director of the Center’s Disparities and Community Outreach Core Resource. Dr. Kobetz has substantial experience with disparities-focused research, and has been involved in multiple community-based participatory research endeavors to understand racial differences in breast and cervical cancer outcomes, including Pap smear screening. Dr. Kobetz helped create Patnč en Aksyon (Partners in Action), the campus-community partnership between UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and key community-based organizations in Little Haiti, the predominately Haitian area in Miami, Florida. Under Dr. Kobetz’s leadership, Patnč en Aksyon has secured over one million dollars in extramural research funding.