Within the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at MGH, she directs The Cerebellar Psychiatric Research Laboratory, which is dedicated to understanding the role of the cerebellum and associated cortico-cerebellar circuits in psychiatric illness. Additional work in her lab employs magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in conjunction with measures of cognitive functioning to assess the effects of physical abuse resulting in brain injury in battered women.