She holds a PhD in population health from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is a recipient of a Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator Award. Her research focuses on the intersection of population health, health services research, and ethics, and she has worked in areas of health inequality and inequity, access to health care, and need-based resource allocation. Her book Health Inequality: Morality and Measurement (University of Toronto Press, 2007) signifies her interdisciplinary approach to integrating ethics, methods, and policy.