As an African-American committed to enhancing diversity in research, mentoring new physician-scientists is a major focus of her career, including directing Cornell’s Infectious Disease Fellowship and hosting U.S. and LMIC trainees in her lab. Focusing on emerging infections such as malaria and dengue, her lab has developed methods to simultaneously differentiate multiple microbial pathogens, some in collaboration with the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) in Ghana, and GHESKIO in Haiti.