Her master's research was on In vitro fertilisation where she examined the impact of new developments and the ethical questions.

[3] She then moved to the United States where she earned a Ph.D. in the social history of medicine from the University of Minnesota.

[4][5] She returned to academia, joining the University of Zurich where she received her Habilitation in Bioethics and Health Policy.

In 2015 she received a Swiss National Science Foundation Professorship Award and became assistant professor of health policy at the University of Zurich.

[9] She chaired the WHO expert group that issued the “Ethical Considerations to guide the use of digital proximity tracking technologies for COVID-19 contact tracing” and in this role she considered the role of contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemic.