Nona spent her entire career in research. The first 15 years with Dr. John Mangos in the Department of Pediatrics working on Cystic Fibrosis. She co-authored many published papers on this subject. The last 13 years were spent in the Department of Medicine with Dr. Wen and Dr. David P. Simpson in the specialty of Nephrology. She retired early in 1989 as a Senior Research Associate.