Her research focuses on exposure to environmental toxins and the role they may play in the onset of human disease, including those specific to women’s and children’s health. She has investigated several types of pollutants, including pesticides, persistent organic pollutants and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Her research also includes hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” and how chemicals used in the process and released into the air or water may adversely affect communities of people living nearby.