Ninma Fearon served as a Program Associate with the Evaluation and Analysis team at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) from August 2014 to May 2019. 

Before joining PCORI, Fearon worked at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, conducting research on child injury and violence prevention with a focus on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) centered around the CDC's Essentials for Childhood. She also served as the presidential administrative Fellow at The George Washington University School of Public Health.

Fearon earned her BS in psychology, with a minor in biology, from Xavier University of Louisiana, and a MPH with a concentration in maternal and child health from The George Washington University School of Public Health.