She received her Ph.D. from Cardiff University, U.K., Department of Anatomy. After receiving her doctoral degree, Dr. Vinall worked as a postdoctoral researcher at UC Davis Medical Center. In 2009 Dr. Vinall completed a NIH K30 program-funded M.A.S. degree in Clinical Research at UC Davis and was subsequently appointed as a research faculty in the Department of Urology. During her time at UC Davis Dr. Vinall supervised multiple undergraduate, graduate and medical students, and in 2009 and 2010 was awarded Outstanding Mentor awards for her work with the UC Davis CURE program.