Her research focuses broadly on understanding how different kinds of knowledge come to be valued in scientific and health professional practice and education. She has explored these issues in various contexts (medical education, neuroscience, bioethics and complementary and alternative medicine) drawing on frameworks from within sociology and science and technology studies.
She recently completed an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) project (2014-2016) (Project title: Complementary and alternative medicine degrees: new configurations of knowledge, professional autonomy and the university). This study examined how what is taught in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) degrees reflects the professional status of CAM, at the same time exploring the broader relationship between professions and the university. Data collection took place in Australia and the United Kingdom.