[3] Obeid completed her medical internship and residency at Duke University (1983-1986), followed by a fellowship in Endocrinology and postdoctoral training in the laboratory of future Nobel laureate Robert Lefkowitz (1986-1988).
She remained at Duke as an Associate Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology, and as a staff physician at the Durham VA Medical Center.
In 1998, she joined the faculty of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) as the Boyle Professor in the departments of Medicine and Biochemistry.
[13] In 2019, Obeid (with Yusuf A. Hannun) received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 16th International Conference on Bioactive Lipids in Cancer, Inflammation and Related Diseases.
"It’s so important for emerging scientists – especially for young women considering a career in the sciences – to know they can make a difference in the field of cancer research," Obeid said, in receiving the award.