Dr. Houghton-Rahrig was a 2010 Summer Genetics Institute Participant at the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. She received her PhD in Nursing Research from the College of Nursing at Michigan State University; MSN with an emphasis as a Family Nurse Practitioner, and BSN from the Kirkhof College of Nursing at Grand Valley State University. Her research, Symptoms, Genetics, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Persons with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, was funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institute of Health, (1F31NR012600-01). Dr. Houghton-Rahrig is continuing her research in the study of persons with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.