Captain Kane (ret) served 36 years in the United States Navy. In 1992, with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. In 1998, she attended the Honors Scholars Master’s program at Oxford University in the United Kingdom, where she studied Philosophy in healthcare related to health disparities. In 1999, she earned her MSN in Nursing Administration from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. In 2008, Captain Kane (ret) received her Doctorate in Philosophy from the Uniformed Services University, specializing in cellular studies related to Genotoxic and Cytotoxic Effects of Weapons Grade Tungsten Alloy in C2C12 and L6 Muscle Cells. She was the first Navy nurse to disseminate nurse-driven research to reduce inequities and improve veteran health to ~30,000 wounded who retained combat metal fragments in the Iraq/Afghanistan conflict. Her study led to development of the first/only National Veterans Administration Heavy Metals Screening Program for veterans returning from the war.