In 2001 she received the Epilepsy Foundation Junior Investigator Research Award to study bone health in postmenopausal women with epilepsy receiving antiepileptic drugs. She received an NIH K23 award to study the effects of antiepileptic drugs on bone and hormonal health. She has been a co-investigator on a number of clinical studies, including reproductive function in young women with epilepsy, contraceptive use in women with epilepsy, and neurodevelopmental effects of antiepileptic drugs. She has written numerous original publications as well as reviews on topics pertaining to women with epilepsy as well as endocrine issues in epilepsy.

She was elected vice-chair of the Neuroendocrinology section of the AAN in 2012 and previously served as Councilor from 2009- 2012. In 2012 she received the AAN Neuroendocrine Research Award. Since 2002 she has been co-director of the epilepsy fellowship program at the Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. She is currently a member of the National Professional Advisory Board of Epilepsy Foundation and she serves on the editorial board of Epilepsy Currents.