Her research interests are in global health, science and technology studies, environmental politics, and development. She has conducted research on the AIDS epidemics in South Africa and India, global intellectual property regimes, and the politics of agricultural biotechnology. She is currently working on a book titled “Global Health and the Logic of Emergencies: Science and Citizenship in the AIDS Epidemics of India and South Africa.” She received her PhD in Science and Technology Studies from Cornell University, a MSc in Science Policy from Sussex University, and a BA from Harvard University. Before joining the New School, she had a two-year postdoctoral fellowship from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC).