Her primary research focus is the epidemiology, impact and prevention of diabetes among Canadian First Nations populations. She has established long-term partnerships with First Nations communities in their efforts to address the effects of the ongoing diabetes epidemic. Her research is guided by community-based participatory and two-eyed seeing frameworks, and decolonizing theory and methodology. She recently began working with the CHIWOS team on informing the development of women-centered services for Indigenous women living with HIV in Manitoba. Partners in the Manitoba CHIWOS team include Ka Ni Kanichihk, Sisters of Fire, Nine Circles Community Health Centre, 595 Prevention Team and the University of Manitoba.