Her research interests center on the factors shaping medical innovations, clinical trial design, patient safety, and the economics of medical technology. She has received the following awards; the Querido Award for the most promising young investigator in public health, the National Foundation for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, The Hague, Netherlands, 1987-1990; International Fellowship, Council on Health Care Technology, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, 1987-1990; and the Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1994-1996.