She completed her PhD in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2016. She also did her postdoctoral training at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on how sleep and life style risk factors contribute to brain health. She has been focusing on sleep in cardiovascular disease patients, especially heart failure, and how these factors explain neurobiology of older adults. Her current works examine how sleep and activity patterns and underlying chronic conditions are associated with brain health. Her goal is to design a person-centered interventions to maximize cognitive and functional performance among older adults who have multiple health problems.