At the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, I currently conduct participatory action research on arts, health and wellbeing. I have studied cross-sectoral collaboration to implement arts-based health and wellbeing interventions and social prescribing, and I am looking at the experiences, skills and training of arts and health facilitators working with people who have complex needs. I'm also interested how in arts-based interventions can promote resilience and wellbeing in migrant and refugee communities.

My long-time career focus has been working to improve health services for migrant, minority and other culturally diverse populations, specialising in policy development and programme implementation. With WHO and the International Organization for Migration, I was facilitator and rapporteur for two global consultations on migrant health. As the founder and Director of DiversityRx, I led the development of several key policy tools, including the U.S. Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health Care, and an accompanying research agenda for the US Department of Health and Human Services. I've also conducted research on foreigners’ access to health services while living in Japan.

Before my work with DiversityRx, I was a staff member of the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, chaired by Rep. Henry A. Waxman. I focused on program oversight and legislative development and negotiation for community health programmes, health professions training, care for people with developmental disorders, and the health of minority and indigenous populations.