Sarah Ford-Trowell has years of research experience spanning from her undergraduate studies at the University of Cincinnati where she graduated with her BS in Cell and Molecular Biology, to post graduate work in transfusion medicine and women’s health. She has two first author papers, one of which was named Transfusion Journal’s paper of the year in 2020. In 2015, Sarah started her research career doing bench top research and as a CRC where she found her love for being on the clerical side of research in regulatory and has been doing it ever since. She completed her Master’s in Public Health from Texas Tech University where she focused her studies on health disparities in Indigenous American populations and rural communities.