She is a graduate of the Tufts University School of Medicine and received her PhD in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology from the Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences of Tufts University. She completed her Emergency Medicine training at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University Emergency Medicine Residency and is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Medical Toxicology Fellowship. She is a member of the Division of Toxicology.Her research interests include include determining early microRNA plasma markers for both acetaminophen and acute coronary syndrome in both murine and human models. She is also participating in building a biorepository of patient plasma samples of overdose and chest pain patients to be utilized for future basic and clinical research for the department of emergency medicine.