While attending the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh in 1983 she became the first African-American female to receive a Ph.D. in epidemiology in the country.  She is currently a tenured Professor of Medicine, Graduate Professor of Psychology and Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at Howard University.  Dr. Campbell is also a visiting professor at John Hopkins University and the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.  Her research focuses on addressing health disparities, with particular emphasis on clinical trials, cancer etiology, and behavioral risk factors including exercise, and nutrition, in the African Diaspora.  Dr. Adams-Campbell has over 100 peer-reviewed journal publications.