I received my bachelor’s in Microbiology from Miami University, in Oxford, OH in 2004. Thereafter, I started my graduate work at University of Cincinnati where I was focused on understanding endocrine adaptations to exercise and how exercise could be used to treat metabolic disease using animal models. I received my PhD in 2014 and started post-doctoral training at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. I completed an NIH T32 Post-doctoral training program with the UAB Center for Exercise Medicine, and then joined the Department of Medicine Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care Division in 2016 as an NIH K12 IRACDA MERIT Scholar.
Currently, I am an assistant professor in the Biomedical Sciences Program (BMD) in the Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences Department. I joined CDS in June of 2019. I have active clinical and education-based research programs that incorporate undergraduate student researchers. I also teach courses in BMD, specifically Clinical Biochemistry and Research Methods & Scientific Literacy. While I have spent the majority of my training and career focused on biomedical and health-related research in a variety of settings, my love and passion for teaching continues to blossom. Few things are as rewarding as helping students find the career path that is right for them.
