As faculty in the School of Nursing and member of the Magee-Womens Research Institute, she conducts research, teaches, and practices in women’s healthcare at the University of Pittsburgh. Her team aims to develop a set of discovery-based genes from first trimester placentas of women who subsequently developed preeclampsia. The Vision Grant will support translation of these predictive biomarkers to a multiplex serum profile of proteins for an early clinical screening test that could save lives and improve the health of mothers and babies by preventing preeclampsia.