Dr. Mannon is a professor of medicine, pathology, microbiology, and immunology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, vice-chair for research mentoring, and associate chief of nephrology for research. Dr. Mannon is a fellow of the American Society of Nephrology and the American Society of Transplantation. She received her medical degree from Duke University, completing an internal medicine internship, residency and nephrology fellowship and chief residency at Duke. Her career includes serving as Medical Director for the Kidney/Pancreas NIDDK intramural transplant program and at the Birmingham VA Medical Center and Section Chief of Transplant Nephrology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Mannon is a past president of the AST and is a deputy editor of the American Journal of Transplantation. She serves as chair of the Policy and Advocacy Committee of the American Society of Nephrology and is a trustee of the Banff Allograft Pathology Foundation. She has recently served as the chair of Women in Transplantation, an initiative of the Transplantation Society, and is past chair of the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients Review Committee. She has been recognized as a UNMC distinguished scientist, and has received the American Society of Transplantation Senior Achievement Award and the American Association of Kidney Patients Medal of Excellence.  She is board certified in internal medicine and nephrology.