She completed medical school and the Osler Internal Medicine residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She has worked in Botswana, South Africa, Kenya, and Ghana. Her research interests have ranged from tuberculosis contact tracing in Botswana to HIV care cascades in Baltimore to complications of HIV/TB coinfection in South Africa. During residency, she completed clinical rotations in Klerksdorp, South Africa and Pune, India and helped to develop a global health track within the residency program.