Her research interests include gender health, social determinants, health info-structures, Indigenous health, and research ethics. She conducts multilevel quantitative and mixed-method studies into the social, cultural, biological, economic, political and historical determinants of health. She is a strong advocate of team collaborations, and in the last 5 years has contributed as a principal, co-principal and co-investigator to over 34 grants exceeding 16 million dollars. Dr. Elias has partnered with the UM Centre of Human Rights Research to demonstrate the power of collaborations in advancing health rights of populations.