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Bunkers PhD Candidate MS. Cell & Molecular Biology, The University of Arkansas (2020) BS. Biology, The University of Arkansas (2018) AS. Biology, Scottsdale Community College (2013) Prior to obtaining her MS in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Arkansas, Blythe began her career in health care where she worked in the operating room under her nursing assistant license while completing her BS in Biology. Blythe completed her master’s thesis on a specific virulence factor of Clostridium difficile, as her interests lie in infectious disease dynamics. She then served the Cherokee Nation by preforming environmental Covid-19 testing as part of a public health initiative during the pandemic. 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