Dr. Matthews is a licensed clinical psychologist with nationally recognized expertise in the use of quantitative and qualitative approaches to understanding socio-cultural determinants of health disparities in underserved populations. She has conducted NIH funded research to examine a range of factors associated with health disparities among racial/ethnic minorities and members of the LGBT communities. Current funded research includes a grant from the National Institutes of Drug Abuse to evaluate a culturally targeted smoking cessation treatment program for LGBT smokers. Dr. Matthews earned a Ph.D. and M.A. in Clinical Psychology at Binghamton University and a Bachelors of Science in Psychology at Muskingum College in Ohio. Dr. Robin Mermelstein