She received her medical degree from the University of Alabama and completed her general cardiology fellowship at the University of Miami, as well as a fellowship in advanced heart failure at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Colvin completed a master’s degree in clinical research at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and served as the medical director of heart transplant at the University of Minnesota. She is currently the director of the Heart Failure Network Strategy in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Michigan. Dr. Colvin is also the heart clinical specialist for the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients where she is involved in heart allocation. Her scholarly work focuses on improving post-transplant outcomes, and detecting and treating cardiac allograft vasculopathy.