 While a student and fellow at Harvard, where she moved in 1989, Reede co-founded its Biomedical Sciences Career Program, which disseminates information about careers to young students of color, and connects them with mentors.In 2001, she was appointed to the new position of dean for diversity and community partnership at Harvard, the first African-American woman dean at Harvard Medical School.She also founded a physician fellowship program for postgraduate education in working with minority and disadvantaged patients.