She has had a long-standing interest in spinal cord injury research with a focus on the mechanisms supporting recovery of walk. Her lab uses animal models and a systems neuroscience approach to test strategies aimed at guiding recovery. Her work is funded by the main federal and provincial agencies in addition to strong support from the Department of Neurosciences and from the Centre de Recherche de l’Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, two centres of excellence in Neuroscience and traumatology research.