Her academic interests include psychiatric mental health nursing, theory, research, and administration. Her research interests include Alzheimer's disease, caregiving, emotions, genetics, and diversity. Dr. Lilly’s methodological approaches include quantitative and qualitative with a primary focus on content analysis in the qualitative area. She enjoys interdisciplinary collaboration and applications of diverse points of view and approaches to common clinical issues. Dr. Lilly has many years of work with caregivers for persons with Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder.