Ms. Shearer is the Senior Administrative Assistant of the Cognitive Health Services Research Program at the University of Michigan (U-M) and a member of the project management team. She received degrees in business administration and accounting from American InterContinental University. Ms. Shearer has worked with members of the team for over five years in her role as an administrative assistant in the U-M Division of General Medicine and has over 15 years of administrative experience in health centers and education. She was awarded the 2020 U-M Department of Internal Medicine’s Staff Award for Excellence in recognition of her exemplary work performance, leadership, customer service, and process improvement. In her free time, Ms. Shearer likes to read, travel, and spend time with her husband, James.