Originally from eastern PA, Garrett received his bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering from Penn State University in spring 2023. While at Penn State, Garrett completed a year of undergraduate research at the Artificial Heart and Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics Lab under the mentorship of Dr. Keefe Manning. Now at Pitt, Garrett is in pursuit of his Bioengineering PhD under Drs. Susan Shea and Matthew Neal in the Trauma and Transfusion Medicine Research Laboratory, with an emphasis on improving transfusion products. Garrett spends his free time listening to audio books and new music while he is training for his next race. He completed an ultra-marathon last fall, ran at the Boston Marathon in the spring, and is training for an Ironman in State College this summer.