She is a member of the Southern Nursing Research Society; the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science; the American Nurses Association; and the Sigma Theta Tau (Iota and Omicron Omicron Chapters), among other professional organizations. From 2006 to 2012, she acted as co-investigator on a grant awarded by the BlueCross BlueShield Tennessee Health Foundation to promote better birth outcomes in her state.