Shannon is Assistant Director of Business Development with Yale Ventures focusing on life sciences. Prior to Yale, she spent two years as a Senior Consultant at Trinity Life Sciences supporting biopharma clients across a broad range of commercial strategy projects, including market opportunity assessments, indication prioritizations, and strategic portfolio planning. Shannon received a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University in 2021, where she researched skeletal muscle regeneration following traumatic soft tissue injury.