She graduated from Boston University School of Medicine and the University of Chicago Internal Medicine Residency program, and completed a General Medicine Fellowship, during which she obtained a Masters of Science for Clinical Professionals. In 2014, she was appointed as the Associate Director of Clinical Outcomes for the Center for Translational and Policy Research of Chronic Diseases. Her research focuses on getting the right care to the right person at the right time in their lives. As such, she has an NIDDK K23 grant studying how to individualize treatments for patients with diabetes and improve mental health care for patients with chronic disease. She recently was awarded a UCM Innovation Award to improve and study the mental health care for patients receiving care in the Primary Care Group.