Her research focuses on engagement of under-represented, vulnerable and ‘easy-to-miss’ populations. She specifically seeks to explore how researchers can use collaborative methods to connect communities and improve health. She has worked for a decade in the urban faith-based community of Harlem, demonstrating how churches interested in improving the health of their congregants can drive research design, process, implementation and dissemination. Her most current work includes the use of public health genomics as a means to reduce health disparities. Her work is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and several units within the National Institutes of Health.