Joshipura was a clinical instructor in Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) from 1992 to 1993.
[12] Her dissertation titled Oral Health, Nutrition, and Coronary Heart Disease was completed under Dr. Walter Willett in 2 academic semesters including qualifying exam and Doctoral Thesis.
Since 2007, she serves as the NIH Endowed Chair, Professor, and the Director of the Center for Clinical Research and Health Promotion at the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus.
[16][17] Joshipura researches lifestyle and other risk factors for cardio-metabolic conditions, and the interrelationships of microbial, dietary, and inflammatory mediators.
Recent grants include SOALS: San Juan Overweight Adults Longitudinal Study, PEARLS: Pregnancy and EARly Lifestyle improvement Study, PREPARE: Preparedness to Reduce Exposures and diseases Post-hurricanes & Augment Resilience and Oral Microbiome, Nitric oxide Metabolism, and Oral and Cardiometabolic Health.
2000- Consultant, Council on Scientific Affairs, American Dental Association 2000- Faculty advisor for project (Validation of Periodontal Disease Measure) that received the Best Student Abstract Award of the International Association of Dental Research’s Behavioral Sciences and Health Services Research Group.