Dr. Stone received her graduate degree in anatomy and neurobiology from Boston University School of Medicine in 1993 and performed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Washington. In 1998, she became an assistant research professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Washington. She was promoted to associate research professor in 2004 and to research professor in 2015. Since 2016 she has served as director of research for the department.