She has a number of publications/presentations spotlighting the development of substance use prevention and intervention materials for adolescent youth. As a Visiting Research Scientist with Mayo Clinic, she coordinated an in-house research project to study ethnically diverse college students and health risk behaviors. She currently serves as the principal investigator on a grant funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Association, “Advancing Multidisciplinary Education for Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)" a consortium of Indiana University's Schools of Social Work, Nursing, and Medicine to integrate SBIRT into Indiana's healthcare and allied health care education systems.