Her areas of expertise include health communication, tobacco warning labels and tobacco and youth. Her collaborators on this topic are Dorothy Hatsukami, Director of Tobacco Research Programs, biostatistician Bruce Lindgren, and several undergraduate and graduate students. Pilot work on this project was supported by a University of Minnesota Grant-in-Aid of Research, Artistry and Scholarship Award, University of Minnesota Start-up Funds, the Paul Brainerd Computer Technology Fund, and National Institutes of Health/ National Cancer Institute (U19 CA157345).