Kiara has a doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering and a master’s degree in Global Public health, which she earned at Brown University in May 2023. Her dissertation, Leveraging Biotransport Mechanisms in the Design of Technologies to Improve Access to Blood-Based Diagnostics, focused on simplifying blood-based diagnostic testing at the point-of-care and incorporating user voices in the development of new testing technologies for a variety of health issues, including glucose monitoring, diagnosis with a viral or bacterial infection, monitoring of cancer, and more. After her PhD, Kiara completed a NIH Fogarty LAUNCH Fellowship based in Lima, Peru, spending a year working with a previous Minister of Health doing research on the future of at-home diagnostics in Peru. Kiara completed her bachelor’s degree in Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh and is originally from Northern Virginia.