Her research has focused on improving palliative care focused outcomes for underserved populations using innovative approaches to address work force shortages. She has developed and tested a lay navigator intervention for Latinos with advanced cancer and is currently testing the intervention for patients with serious non-cancer illness. This NPCRC grant will be a critical step towards testing a social work led intervention to improve palliative care focused outcomes for patients in subacute nursing facilities. She has also received funding from the National Institute of Aging, American Cancer Society, and National Institute of Nursing Research.