John's College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions and a Vincentian Research Fellow. She earned her Ph.D. in human nutrition from Michigan State University. A New York State licensed nutritionist and Diplomate, American Board of Toxicology, Dr. Ford teaches biopharmaceutical chemistry, toxicology, biochemistry and public health to undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Ford directs a lab where she uses cell culture to study responses of the kidney to toxicants.