Ms. Donovan joined FirstString Research, Inc. in September of 2020. Prior to joining FirstString Research, she served on the United States Senate Personnel and Military Subcommittee, the Medical University of South Carolina’s Department of Neuroscience, and as a Research Health Scientist at the Charleston Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Ms. Donovan earned her Bachelor of Arts in Government and International Studies, as well as her Master of Public Administration from the University of South Carolina. Ms. Donovan has also published in the Journal of Neurotrauma and in Frontiers in Medicine. At FirstString Research, Ms. Donovan focuses on regulatory affairs and clinical study start-up on the clinical operations team.