She also serves as an Attending Physician at Stroger (formerly Cook County) Hospital and the CORE Center in Chicago. Dr. Smith is an active investigator and chairs several studies in the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) of the National Institute of Health (NIH) and was awarded the John T Carey Young Investigator Award of the ACTG in 2002. She currently serves as the chair of the Underrepresented Populations Committee of the ACTG. ABOUT THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND