Boulware completed her Bachelor of Arts degree from Vassar College in 1991,[1] where she also competed on their field hockey and women's basketball team.
[5] As an associate professor, Boulware was the recipient of a David M. Levine Excellence in Mentoring Award at the Department of Medicine's Research Retreat.
[9] In this role, she was selected to serve as the contact principal investigator for Duke's Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the NIH.
[10] A few days later, Boulware was also named the associate dean for clinical and translational science[11] and director of Duke's Center for Community and Population Health Improvement.
[12] In October 2015, Boulware's Center for Community and Population Health Improvement received a funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute "to conduct a series of county-wide colloquia and conferences to establish priorities and plans for comparative effectiveness studies that address health needs in Durham and surrounding North Carolina communities.