She also undertook postgraduate study in Paediatrics in Auckland, Whakatane, Ruatoki and at the Montreal Children’s Hospital for three years.

[1] Asher has been a committee member and health spokesperson for the Child Poverty Action Group for 20 years.

[2] In 2016 she stepped down as Head of the University of Auckland's Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, after being in the role for more than 13 years.

[1] In May 2018 she was appointed to the Government's Welfare Expert Advisory Group.

[3] She is the chairperson of the Global Asthma Network Executive Group.