She is a Member of the Nursing Committee of the International Society for Burn, a Member of the Burns Corresponding Reference Group of the Joanna Briggs Institute, one of the Leaders of the Research Group on Rehabilitation and Quality of Life (GIRQ/USP), and responsible for graduate courses and tutoring of M.S. and Ph.D. nursing students of the Fundamental Nursing Program and Interunit Doctoral Program in Nursing at the USP. Her research is focused on chronic condition rehabilitation (cardiac patients and posttrauma) and quality of life.