Her research activities focus on measuring patient preferences for health outcomes and developing and evaluating tools to help women to make informed decisions regarding obstetric and gynecologic interventions. She received her BA in biochemistry from UC Berkeley, her PhD in molecular biology from the University of Southern California, and her MPH with an emphasis in health policy and management from Harvard University. She has published extensively on patient preference measurement, decision analysis, and outcomes research. She is currently on the board of trustees of the Society of Medical Decision Making.