Her research interests include autism, food selectivity in the pediatric population, sensory processing disorder and child trauma. She is a member of the Brain Research and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience (BRAIN) team which focuses on investigating brain-behavior connections. Currently, she is studying the effectiveness of a holistic treatment protocol for treatment of food selectivity in the pediatric population. She is also investigating effective interventions for self-regulation deficits that include a parent education component.