She is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and was awarded the 2009 Optica Adolph Lomb Medal.

[2] The optical approaches developed by Drezek can provide quantitative disease detection and diagnosis without the need for invasive investigations.

[1][3] Drezek develops molecular imaging technologies to examine tissue pathology and nanoparticle interactions in vivo.

She has developed nanoscale scientific tools (e.g. nanoparticles and quantum dot probes) for molecular imaging and the assessment of tumor margins.

She works with clinicians and pharmaceutical scientists for anti-cancer vaccines and adjuvant therapies.