(Athern) Tinker is originally from Chicago. She graduated from Purdue University and then received her PharmD from the University of Colorado Denver. She completed PGY-1 training at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston and then headed back to the mountains for a PGY-2 in Internal Medicine at the University of Utah Medical Center. She works as a clinical pharmacist on the Internal Medicine service and is the PGY-1 Residency coordinator.

For fun, (Athern) Tinker enjoys running, walking her dogs, traveling, and cheering on the Boilermakers.