[2] Upon completing her PhD, Curbow joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHU) until 2006.
During her tenure at the institution, she was bestowed numerous honors including induction into the Delta Omega and Phi Delta Kappa National Honor Society, JHU Department of Health Policy and Management Teaching Award for three consecutive years, and JHU Regents Fellowship.
[3] As an assistant professor of social and behavioral sciences, Curbow studied how individuals, specifically females, responded to life stressors.
"[4] Curbow later studied why teenage girls turned to smoking and ways to change those behaviors by leading the Maryland Cigarette Restitution Fund Program.
[6] While serving as chairwoman of the department, Curbow co-authored a study with Tracey Barnett which measured hookah use among Florida teens.