Yvonne Horneffer is a board-certified Adult Nurse Practitioner. She obtained her Master of Science in Nursing in 2001 from George Mason University in collaboration with the George Washington University School of Medicine. Prior to joining NIAAA Yvonne was an Associate Investigator at the National Cancer Institute’s Early Drug Development Program from 2006 to 2016 conducting Phase 0 and Phase 1 clinical trials. Yvonne is also a Certified Nephrology Nurse and served as an Associate Investigator at NIDDK’s Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program from 2004 to early 2006. With prior background in nursing management and surgical nursing, in her spare time, Yvonne organizes, plans, and leads a team of volunteer surgeons and other health care providers on an annual surgical mission overseas.