Her scholarly interests include the adaptation and evaluation of psychotherapy for depressed and distressed persons across a variety of cultures, contexts, and settings. Her past and current projects include a randomized controlled trial of adapted interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adults in rural South Uganda (this work was described in a 2012 New York Times article, “Fighting Depression, One Village at a Time) and a randomized controlled trial of adapted interpersonal psychotherapy for depressed adolescents in refugee camps in North Uganda (many of whom were child soldiers). She holds a Ph.D in Clinical Psychlogy from Yeshiva University, an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Morehead State University and an M. SC. in Social Psychology from the London School of Economics.