Dr. Thornock hails from Brigham City, UT. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological and Health Psychology from Brigham Young University, a Master of Public Health degree in Public Health Genetics/Health Behavior and Education from the University of Michigan, and a PhD in Health Care Ethics from Saint Louis University.

Dr. Thornock comes to RVU from Saginaw Valley State University where he served as an Assistant Professor of Philosophy. He also served as the Pediatric Genomics and Ethics Fellow at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO. The opportunity to come and work at RVU allows Dr. Thornock the opportunity to train caring, accessible doctors in southern Utah.

He is married to his wife, Tiffany, with whom he has two children with. In his spare time, Dr. Thornock likes to play racquetball and tennis. He is looking forward to learning pickleball. He also enjoys playing the guitar and ukulele, as well as drawing, painting, and illustration. He has created illustrations for a few children’s books.

A little known fact about Dr. Thornock is over the past few years he has been getting more into street art and has started cutting stencils and spray painting on canvas. To date, he has sprayed paintings of his kids, buildings such as The Church of the Blood in Russia, and even a bust of Aristotle (which you can see hanging up in his office).