She did her medical school and pediatrics residency at the University of Calgary, followed by an infectious diseases fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children and a Masters in Public Health at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Her research interests include public health surveillance, especially with respect to vaccinology and pediatric HIV/AIDS. She is the BC Investigator for IMPACT (the Immunization Monitoring Program, ACTive) which does surveillance for vaccine preventable diseases and adverse events following immunizations.