Education

I received a BS in Exercise Science and Sports Medicine from California Lutheran University, a MEd in Athletic Training from the University of Virginia, and a PhD from the University of Virginia. Additionally, I completed an Athletic Training Fellowship at the Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado. Before entering the doctoral program at UVA, I served as the Head Athletic Trainer for the State University of New York at New Paltz. 

Teaching

My primary teaching responsibilities are in the athletic training program at the graduate and undergraduate levels. I teach content in the areas of sports medicine research, orthopedic injury, clinical biomechanics, and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. 

Research

I am an athletic trainer and sports medicine researcher with an interest in the neuromuscular consequences of lower extremity joint injuries. Specifically, my work aims to study the neurophysiological origins of post-traumatic muscular dysfunction in patients with and without knee osteoarthritis to better understand early intervention paradigms in active populations.