Nancy has an ongoing research program investigating income inequality as a determinant of population health in North America, as well as regional and neighbourhood scale work on the social-contextual influences on health status. She is also involved in research with a diabetes cohort in Montréal, examining the link between environment and health-related behaviour. Nancy currently holds research funding from the Canadian Population Health Initiative (CPHI), The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Le Fonds de la recherche en Santé Québec (FRSC) and Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC).