Her current research interests include neonatal outcomes after Cesarean section and fetal lung maturity testing. She has worked as a pediatrician and/or neonatal consultant in Ecuador, Ghana, Nepal, Peru, and Tibet. She spent a year working as a neonatal registrar/fellow at the Children’s Hospital of Westmead in Sydney, Australia and completed her fellowship training in Neonatal Medicine at University of Colorado Health Sciences/Denver Children’s Hospital. She obtained a BS in Biological Anthropology/Anatomy and a BA in History at Duke University, her MD from Georgetown University, and her MPH from University of Colorado School of Public Health.