She has three leadership positions devoted to increasing diversity and inclusion: she is one of the Associate Directors of the MGH Center for Diversity and Inclusion; she is the Director of Multicultural Affairs for the Department of Medicine, where she co-chairs the DOM’s Diversity and Inclusion Board; and she is the Faculty Assistant Dean of Student Affairs in the Office of Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs at HMS. Her research has focused on defining the physiology of the mineral metabolism hormone, FGF23; skeletal and non-skeletal effects of vitamin D; and clinical trials of treatments for osteoporosis. She has received multiple local and national grants to support her clinical investigation and local awards for both excellence in teaching and the promotion of diversity and inclusion.