The overarching goal of her research program is to understand and improve the functional outcomes of older ICU patients. Her work has demonstrated the importance of an older person's pre-ICU functional trajectory on post-ICU disability and mortality, identified novel factors associated with functional recovery after a critical illness, and clarified the role of pre-ICU vulnerability factors (frailty and cognitive impairment) on post-ICU outcomes among older adults. She was awarded an AGS/Merck New Investigator Award and the Yale School of Medicine Iva Dostanic Physician-Scientist Award in 2016.