Her research involves applying epidemiology and environmental and occupational health methods and concepts to community-based problems. Her specific interests include children’s environmental health, safety and health issues in working children and adolescents, adverse outcomes from heavy metals exposure and particulate exposure, environmental and social justice, air pollution modeling, and community-based research. She is currently Principal Investigator for an NIEHS-funded grant titled “Coal Ash and Neurobehavioral Symptoms in Children Aged 6-14 Years Old".