Dr. Thierry completed her BS in Biological Sciences from LSU in Baton Rouge. She also holds a MPH in Behavioral and Community Health Sciences from the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans where she was an Albert Schweitzer Fellow from 2009-2010. Dr. Thierry earned her PhD in Biobehavioral Health with a minor in Demography from Pennsylvania State University. She was a postdoctoral scholar at Duke University in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development. With expertise in quantitative analysis of national survey and biomarker data, Dr. Thierry's research focuses on understanding how social inequality via chronic stress pathways drives population-level disparities in chronic disease and physical disability related outcomes in older adults.