She has written extensively on environments and health, planning and health and safety, and development and social policy, publishing in social science and public health journals. Her interests range from the sociology of international development (gender, education, and work; empowerment processes at the local and regional scale), to the social and spatial context of health and health behavior, to policy issues in housing and environmental health. She has special interests in the health consequences of substandard housing and poor-quality housing environments; in how social and built environments can enhance quality of life, with a particular focus on low-income communities; and how urban change and development processes affect men and women differently, especially those living in poverty.