Katherine Giordano earned her BS in Biology and Neuroscience from DePaul University in 2016. She completed her PhD in Clinical Translational Science at the University of Arizona in 2023. Her dissertation investigated neuroinflammatory mechanisms after diffuse TBI and she was supported by a predoctoral NRSA F31 award from the NINDS. Currently, Katherine is a postdoctoral researcher at the Phoenix VA Health Care System, where she investigates the intersection of intimate partner violence and TBI using clinical data, as well as TBI during pregnancy through both clinical and pre-clinical studies.