Her current research includes using magnetic resonance imaging to understand factors that affect joint cartilage in healthy and diseased states.
She has made major and significant contributions to the field of osteoarthritis, developing the first method for assessing joints in clinical trials of osteoarthritis. She performed the world’s first clinical trial of osteoarthritis using this method, which is now used internationally in trials to test new treatments for osteoarthritis. Her work has led to new understanding of the causes of osteoarthritis, which has led to clinical trials into new treatments.