Davis is active in neuroethics research and knowledge translations She has written to raise awareness of the neuroethical and legal issues related to using brain imaging to diagnose chronic pain. She chaired an IASP task force that studied this issue culminating in a paper "Brain imaging tests for chronic pain: medical, legal and ethical issues and recommendations" published in Nature Reviews Neurology in 2017.[12] She is also co-volume editor with Daniel Buchman of a book volume on Pain Neuroethics (Elsevier; Judy Illes, Book Series editor).