Toni P. Miles graduated with an MD, PhD in Medicine and Anatomy from the Howard University in 1984/85, and completed an Internal Medicine Residency at the Washington Hospital Center. She has completed two post-doc positions: National Institute on Aging / Epidemiology (1986) and as a Health and Aging Policy Fellow (2008-10). She joined the school of Public Health at the University of Georgia as a tenured Professor of Epidemiology at University of Georgia (2011–2021). In 2022 she was promoted to Professor Emerita. She is currently the Pope Eminent Res Scholar for the Carter Center, Atlanta GA. Other faculty positions include the University of Illinois-Chicago (SPH) (1988), Penn State University (1994), University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (1997), and University of Louisville (2001). Her research focuses on measuring bereavement and its impact on population health using surveillance surveys.  Since 2023, she has published in the following journals: Tobacco Induced Disease, Behavioral Science, Public Policy and Aging, Inquiry J Healthcare Provision and Public Health, Scientia, IJREPH, and BMC Medical Res Methodology.  She has 200+ peer reviewed publications and a single author book: 'Health Care Reform and Disparities - History, Hype, Hope' (2012) and has mentored more than 80 PhD students.