I received my BA in Microbiology from Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio in 2004. Thereafter, I started my graduate work at University of Cincinnati where I studied endocrine adaptations to exercise and the impact of exercise as a therapeutic and preventative measure for 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.
I joined the faculty of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences Department in the School of Health Professions at UAB in June 2019 as an assistant professor. I am actively engaged in undergraduate education and service activities for the program, department, school and university; and I have a very active research program that promotes undergraduate student engagement in research activities.