Meara is currently a graduate student working towards a Biostatistics MS at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health. After spending the better part of the last decade working as a veterinary technician, she decided to move away from the 'kennel-side' to pursue her interest in medical research. She is very excited to have joined the team here at CEDAR as a student research coordinator and looks forward to learning from and assisting the team with their on-going clinical trials. In her free time, she likes to spend time with her husband and their six cats playing, going on walks, knitting and lounging about with a good book.