From 2013-2016, she held a National Research Service Award General Pediatric Research Fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Prior to that, she served as a Biostatistician and Epidemiologist at Cincinnati Children’s, where she designed, conducted, analyzed and published medical research studies. Donauer earned her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of Cincinnati. In 2014, she was awarded a University of Cincinnati Center for Environmental Genetics Career Development Award to study environmental toxicants during pregnancy and the subsequent vaccine response in offspring. Her research focuses on the effects of prenatal exposure to environmental toxins and the effectiveness of the Rotavirus vaccine.