She is a Health Psychologist and a health services researcher whose research is on chronic disease management and measurement with special focus on kidney disease, dialysis and transplantation. The emphasis of her work is to answer questions that are relevant to patients and clinicians so as to facilitate patient engagement and improvements in care. She is leading several projects involving patients with long term conditions and has extensive collaborations and partnerships with health service delivery and community organizations (e.g. National Kidney Foundation Singapore).