Much of her research focuses on racial/ethnic disparities in health and healthcare. One line of research focuses on understanding how providers may unintentionally contribute to healthcare disparities (including the conditions that may make this more likely), and developing strategies to address this provider contribution. Another line of research is aimed at addressing racial disparities in pain treatment and outcomes, through the development of innovative patient-level interventions, which address patient-level, provider-level and system-level contributors. She is also pursuing research aimed at developing communication strategies to improve equity and quality of chronic pain care and to reduce the stigma of pain. She has also begun to conduct research on mindfulness-based interventions for healthcare providers, to reduce provider burnout and improve patient care.