Assistant professor and physician-scientist in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Clinically, she cares for people living with HIV. The goal of her research is to understand the role of virus-specific immune cells and molecular mechanisms that promote atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease progression in people living with HIV. Her long-term goal is to define innate and adaptive immune markers that can improve the diagnosis, identify novel therapeutic targets and improve clinical outcomes.