Dr. Ghandour is the principal investigator of several internationally and nationally funded grants to examine the epidemiology of youth alcohol and nonmedical use of psychoactive prescription drugs; youth pathological gambling; youth sexual practices; and mental health disorders among children and adolescents. She is also an active member of various professional associations including Society for Epidemiological Research (SER), The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), American Public Health Association (APHA), Lebanese Epidemiological Association (LEA), International Epidemiological Association (IEA), among others.