Kate joined ACCORDS in September 2021 as the Program Manager/Senior Professional Research Assistant in the Shared Decision Making Core. She earned her Bachelor's in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst before graduating from Boston College with a Master's Degree in Clinical Social Work. Following completion of her degree she spent a post-MSW fellowship year at Children's Hospital Boston Psychiatry Department and Harvard School of Public Health. Ms. Noonan began her career in medical social worker at the Children's Hospital of Colorado before transitioning to the University of Colorado Denver Department of Psychiatry. Here, she spent 16 years working for the Developmental Research Group studying the impact of choline supplementation during pregnancy. Ms. Noonan is an avid runner and delighted dog parent to Walle the Wheatie.