Her clinical appointments include two Nurse Scientist positions at the Shriners Hospitals for Children-Canada ® and Montreal University Health Centre (MUHC). She is one of the few nurses trained as a Child Health Scientist in Canada, showcasing her distinctive training and career trajectory, where less than 1% of nurses hold a PhD in Canada. Her program of research is devoted to understanding the costs (and benefits) of childhood illness (e.g. cancer) and disability (e.g. osteogenesis imperfecta) in the family to ensure the proper health services, resources and policies are in place.