She trained in pediatrics and newborn medicine at Lausanne University in Lausanne, Switzerland and at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. Her research focuses on understanding causes and consequences of brain injuries in newborns. She is using both clinical research (including advanced neuroimaging techniques and bedside monitoring) and basic science techniques to understand mechanisms underlying these brain injuries, with the goal of developing innovative solutions to prevent or repair these injuries and to improve future neurodevelopmental outcome of these newborns.