Dana has a broad range of teaching experience across the curriculum of diagnostic radiography. She believes in allowing students to create knowledge and encouraging deep learning. She ensures that students are interested in what they are learning and develop creative and critical problem-solving skills. Her current teaching focus is anatomy, breast imaging and non-ionising imaging techniques within the undergraduate and master’s medical radiation science courses.

Dr. Dana’s research interests include medical Images optimisation and perception in Medical Imaging, Receiver Operating Characteristic analysis of performance, radiologists' visual search patterns and radiologists' performance in Medical Imaging, optimisation of image quality and software copy display, breast cancer imaging, breast density assessment and optimisation of breast cancer detection.