Her research interests include reproductive rights, health, and policies in Poland, Ireland, and the European Union. In particular she focuses on the politics of healthcare access and declining fertility. She received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2006, and was the recipient of the Charlotte Ellertson Postdoctoral Fellowship at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, from 2006 to 2008. Her work has been supported by the Fulbright Scholarship, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Devaney Fellowship, the Ellertson Postdoctoral Fellowship, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation.