She is also Co-Director of the Section of Biostatistics in the Department of Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She was the principal investigator of the completed NIH funded R01 study “Longitudinal Analysis for Diverse Populations” that had as its goal the development of improved methods for analysis of diverse populations. She is currently the principal investigator of the NIDDK funded Renal & Urologic Biostatistics Training Grant in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Shults works on the development of improved methods for the analysis of longitudinal data. She participates as a co-investigator on NIH funded projects in Psychiatry, including studies of Bipolar II disorder and alternative therapies (e.g. Chamomile) for the treatment of anxiety.