She has been involved in projects related to the social and environmental determinants of malaria prevalence in endemic rural areas; evaluation of preventive and treatment strategies to decrease malaria prevalence (both projects were in Colombia); social disparities in child nutrition among Afro-Colombian children; gender differences in health of elders of Latin American and Caribbean countries; and the evaluation impact of the "Healthy People 2010" agenda on the population levels and social disparities in coronary heart disease and stroke in The United States.