Research focus has been on the sympathetic regulation of blood pressure identifying key hypothalamic pathways in the brain. Recently embarked on an innovative hypothesis of immune and salt sensing mechanism in hypertension, she initiated the comprehensive exploration of the impact of the lymphatic system. This skill-base hypothesis is currently the focus of renewal attention following the identification of brain lymphatics and cardiac lymphatic in search for potential targets against hypertension and CVD. Received the prestigious BHF (British Heart Foundation) Intermediate Basic Research Fellowship. Received a publication award for Hypertension top paper for 2010 in the category of basic science. Published in the high impact journal PNAS (first author, impact factor 9.7) and 25 peer reviewed articles (10 as first author and one as senior author)