Her research harnesses the patient experience in order to drive health care reform. To date she has over 200 peer reviewed publications and her research has attracted more than $44m in funding. She has demonstrated scientific leadership establishing one of the largest and longest running cohort studies (diamond study) of people experiencing depressive symptoms in primary care which is unique in the way it encompasses the wide spectrum of depressive disorder and uses a social model of health to collect data crossing the biopsychosocial spectrum which forms the basis of much productive international collaboration. The diamond cohort has completed 10-year follow-up. This flagship research project has been funded continuously via NHMRC Project Grants.