Joanne Gibbons received her nursing education in Essex with the University of East London. She has worked in a broad array of clinical settings in the UK before coming the USA in 2003. She joined the USC Neurorestoration Center as the principal administrative lead in 2011, after establishing herself clinically in the neuro ICU at the Keck Hospital of USC. She received her MSN from Gonzaga University in 2016. She has played a seminal role in the establishment of the USC Epilepsy Care Consortium, leading all elements of administrative coordination between the partner centers.