Her interests revolve around developing therapeutics targeting inflammation in the cardiovascular system for which she has won awards e.g. GSK Prize in Clinical Pharmacology 2012, WISE 2015 Prize for Research). In addition to her research she is committed to establishing equality in the workplace. Amrita established the first National mentoring scheme for women of a learned society (British Pharmacological Society) in 2005. She was also the first Chair of the Women in Pharmacology Committee of the same society from 2007-2010 that established the Astra Zeneca Women in Pharmacology Prize and led the award of the first Athena Swan Silver prize for Barts & The London Medical School. Amrita is the first female EiC of the internationally leading British Journal of Pharmacology (2016-current).