Fall-related injuries are preventable.

I have been working to further our understanding of the behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying the increased fall risk in older adults with neurological or musculoskeletal disorders, towards the development of objective and standardized diagnostic measures of mobility dysfunction. 

Research Support

National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Aging and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke),

National Multiple Sclerosis Society, JUMP ARCHES

Work experience


2023  - Present

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical and Translational Sciences

Research Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health 



2014  - Present

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health 


2012  - 2014

University of California San Diego

Postdoctoral Scholar


Education


Ph.D, Biomedical Engineering, 2012 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor


MS, Biomedical Engineering, 2005 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor


BS, Mechanical Engineering, 2003 

Cornell University