Dr. Sandel is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine. Her work has focused on asthma, lead, injuries, housing, and child health. Cited as a respected authority in her field, Dr. Sandel often gives testimony to the connection between housing and child health in the United States and its effects on children. She has served as a principal investigator on grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development with the Boston Public Health Commission to study if housing changes improved the health of children with asthma. She has a K award from NIH on housing and stress in urban children, particularly how it pertains to the development of asthma and wheezing. In 2007, Dr Sandel was named the Medical Director of the National Center for Medical Legal Partnership.