Dr. Cort who grew up among Afro-Caribbean and East Indian cultures in Guyana, South America, has engaged throughout her career in socially meaningful research. She has authored journal articles on racial/ethnic differences in heart disease prevalence, child abuse reporting, depression treatment outcomes, and high-risk sexual behaviors. Dr. Cort is currently a member of the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Committee on Children, Youth, and Families workgroup to address racial/ethnic disparities in youth mental health. In addition, she is a co-investigator on a grant awarded to WJC, by the APA’s Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention and Training in Psychology, to promote multicultural competency among faculty. Dr. Cort, a research grade diagnostician, has been a co-investigator, consultant, and therapist on 10 clinical trials funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.