Her work focuses on how inequalities in socio-economic position contribute to growth and developmental outcomes in mothers, infants, and children, and on how interventions can address socio-economic and health disparities. Much of her work focuses on the effects of interventions on child development and maternal mental health, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. She recently worked with a team of authors to write a review for the Lancet about strategies to address poor development among infants and children in low- and middle-income countries. She is an NIH Study Section reviewer for the Social Science and Population Studies Panel and a reviewer for the National Science Foundation. She was selected as a member of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Experience-Based Brain and Biological Development Program.