In 2020, after resigning as director of the California Department of Public Health, Angell was elected a Member of the National Academy of Medicine.

[1] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and political science from Indiana University before serving in the Peace Corps.

[4] Angell was one of three members of the UCSF medical school class of 1999 who received the Gold-Headed Cane Award for exhibiting the traits of a true physician.

[5][6] Angell completed medical training residency in internal medicine, primary care at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and a health research fellowship in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar Program at the University of Michigan.

[10] In 2014, Angell returned to New York City Department of Health to serve as Deputy Commissioner overseeing the Division of Prevention and Primary Care.