Her research focus is on biological stress regulation and its impact on psychological health in children and adults. She obtained her PhD at the University of Bern and was trained at the University College London (U.K.), and further at the University Hospital Lausanne, University of Bern and University of Fribourg (Switzerland). She received a SNSF-Professorship in 2017 and is leading the research group ‚Clinical Child Psychology and Biological Psychology' at the Department of Psychology, University of Fribourg .