She has been appointed one of the two associate program leaders of the Child Health and Human Development (CHHD) Program and acts as the Associate Scientific Director and Advisor for the Pediatric Centre for Innovative Medicine (CIM) at the Glen. Dr. Foster is also a pediatric nephrologist and clinical epidemiologist. Her research focuses on improving the long-term outcomes of children and young adults with kidney transplants. She is currently spearheading a National Institutes of Health-funded, multi-center study to examine the efficacy of a novel intervention aimed at improving medication adherence among young recipients of kidney transplants (11-24 years of age).