Her research focuses on primary care enhancements to improve health and well-being, promote child development, and minimize disparities for socioeconomically disadvantaged children at the time of school entry. She is the physician collaborator for Building Healthy Children (BHC), a home visitation program linked with the primary care pediatrics practice at the University of Rochester. Through her work with BHC, Dr. Paradis has become interested in ways that pediatricians can integrate home visiting programs with primary care and promote home visitation through the medical home.