Elizabeth received her B.A. in chemistry from Carroll College (Helena, MT) in 2008. After graduation, she moved to Portland, OR where she worked as a laboratory technician at OHSU before joining the OHSU M.D./Ph.D. program. After completing the preclinical medical school curriculum, she joined the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and decided to pursue her dissertation research in the lab of Dr. David Ellison. Her dissertation research focuses on aldosterone signaling in the collecting duct.