Mosbacher was a medical intern at
Cambridge Hospital through
Harvard Medical School from 1983 to 1984 and was a psychiatry resident in the same hospital from 1984 to 1987. She became a women's health activist in college and began directing documentary films as a student at
Baylor College and as a resident at
Harvard Medical School. Her films focused on discrimination against lesbian and gay physicians and patients, and she wrote many articles about gay and lesbian patients for the academic and medical community.
Oscar nomination for Straight from the Heart In 1995, Mosbacher co-directed and co-produced (with Frances Reid)
Straight From the Heart, a documentary that explored relationships between heterosexual parents and their adult lesbian and gay children. The film was nominated for an
Oscar in the
Documentary (Short Subject) category.
Training Rules In 2009, Mosbacher co-directed and co-produced with
Fawn Yacker the documentary film
Training Rules, an hour-long movie about
Rene Portland, a
women's basketball coach from
Penn State University. Portland allegedly banned lesbians from playing on her team. The film contains interviews with former athletes and faculty members at Penn State who say that Portland actively pursued and harassed members of her team whom she suspected were gay.
Affiliations From 1994 to 2002, Mosbacher served on the Pitzer College Board of Trustees. In 2011, she established the Mosbacher Fund for Media Studies and the Mosbacher/Gartrell Center for Media Experimentation and Activism at Pitzer College.
The Last Closet In 2012, Woman Vision launched
The Last Closet, a web-based campaign and video project to end homophobia in men's professional sports. ==Awards==