She co-directs a national VA Advanced Fellowship Program in Mental Illness Research and Treatment. She is also an investigator in the Sierra Pacific Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC) at the VA Palo Alto. Her clinical and research expertise focuses on late-life psychiatric and neurocognitive disorders. She aims to leverage knowledge about the cognitive performance in late-life psychiatric disorders to inform the development of psychiatric behavioral interventions. She has a particular interest in problem-solving therapy for anxiety and depression. She is board certified in geropsychology and currently serves as President of the Society of Clinical Geropsychology (Division 12, Section II) of the American Psychological Association.