She is a medical anthropologist whose research examines sexual and reproductive health in West Africa. Her scholarship examines the intersections of social and material inequalities, gender relations, and health. She research addresses the social production of disease and health disparities, including how place, race, age, class, and gender shape vulnerability to disease and access to care. Her primary field site is francophone West Africa, with a focus on three areas: the shifting dynamics of urban sexual culture; the global and regional politics of sexual and reproductive health; and the influence of space and place on urban health.