She then obtained a master's degree in biology from the University of California, Irvine, having originally commenced studies for a PhD.

She missed placing first by eight seconds in the time trial selection race for the Olympic Games.

[11] Neben made the 2012 U.S. Olympic team for the Women's road race, along with Kristin Armstrong, Shelley Olds and Evelyn Stevens.

Neben tested positive for the banned substance 19-Norandrosterone on May 31, 2003, after she won the Coupe du Monde Montreal World Cup race.

Neben appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport [CAS] and accepted a provisional suspension from mid-July 2003.

Neben was suspended, in a split decision, for six months, starting from the provisional ban beginning on July 13, 2003.

Therefore, her win at the Coupe du Monde Montreal on May 31 was cancelled, but not her Elite Women's Road Race National Title, which occurred on May 22.