Her research involves the testing of social-behavioral interventions to decrease risky behaviors, with a focus on preventing alcohol and substance abuse in pregnancy. In 2010-2012, she was awarded the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women&39;s Health (BIRCWH) K12 Award for her study "Motivational Interview to Decrease Prenatal Alcohol Use". Since that time, her research has focused on the use of biomarkers of alcohol use in opioid addicted pregnant women to detect prenatal alcohol use in high risk women and to examine drinking outcomes of women who report histories of childhood and lifetime trauma.