She is a recent NIH-funded BIRCWH (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health) Scholar, a prestigious national award for junior faculty studying women’s health and sex differences. She received her Ph.D. in Population Health with a focus in Epidemiology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; and subsequently completed postdoctoral training in Endocrinology at the University of Chicago and Epidemiology & Biostatistics at UIC.