She is a graduate of Howard University College of Medicine and practices in an urban underserved community where she sees a large number of Medicaid and managed care patients. She completed a one-year faculty development fellowship at the University of California at San Diego in the Department of Family Medicine, focusing on �Addressing the Health Needs of the Underserved.� Sims-Boykin is responsible for resident and medical student education and spends 40 percent of her time in direct patient care. She also holds interest in women's health and preventive medicine, with a focus on cancer health disparities. She is currently the principal investigator on an NCI sponsored pilot project, "Factors Affecting Mammograms by Race and SES."