She graduated from Vanderbilt University with a BSN and MSN in psychiatric mental-health nursing. Dr. Ross received a Doctor of Philosophy from University of Maryland School of Nursing. Dr. Ross was awarded Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Intramural Research Fellowships at the NIH Clinical Center, where she currently works for the Department of Nursing Research and Translational Science researching the impact of health behaviors, particularly the effect of mind-body interventions such as yoga, on stress in both family and professional caregivers. Dr. Ross has studied yoga for over 25 years and is a certified Iyengar yoga teacher. She has lectured and published extensively on the health benefits of yoga.