Background
Shepard, Laura Ann was born on December 30, 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Daughter of Larry and Montie Hopkins.
Shepard, Laura Ann was born on December 30, 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Daughter of Larry and Montie Hopkins.
Student, College of William and Mary, 1984. Ballarat Health Services summa cum laude, University Missouri, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy, University Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, 1999.
Medical technologist Boone Hospital Center, Columbia, Missouri, 1986—1989. Adjunct faculty Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Oklahoma, 1991—1994. Postdoctoral research fellow University Oklahoma, Oklahoma City and Norman, 2000—2003.
Researcher Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, since 2004.
Member of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, American Society for Microbiology, American Society for Clinical Pathology, Lambda Tau, Golden Key, Alpha Eta, Alpha Epsilon Lambda, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Brett David Shepard, May 2, 1998. Married Dale Alan Utt, Junior, May 27, 1984 (divorced April 12, 1996). Children: Dale Alan Utt, III, Amanda Leigh Utt.