[3] During her tenure at Brown, Borrelli led the first study focusing on Latino smokers who are caregivers to children with asthma.
[5] She served as the Co-Principal Investigator with Michelle Henshaw on a project aimed at motivating low income parents to engage in pediatric oral health behaviors, with the goal of cavity prevention.
[7] Upon returning to the United States, she became the director of Boston University's the Center for Behavioral Science Research and professor in the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine's Department of Health Policy and Health Services Research in September 2014.
[6] While serving in these roles, Borrelli was the first author on a study titled Prevalence and Frequency of mHealth and eHealth Use Among US and UK Smokers and Differences by Motivation to Quit.
[8] In May 2017, Borrelli and colleagues from across Boston University launched an Affinity Research Collaborative on Mobile and Electronic Health.