Certificate of Achievement Studies in Gerontology, Syracuse University        Maxwell School of Public Policy

M.S., Syracuse University, Department of Exercise Science.
Specialization: Exercise Physiology.

B.S., Western Carolina University, Department of Biology.
 

2003-2006 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Graduate Student Researchers Program Fellowship

2007 Harvard University Medical School: Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Mini-Fellowship in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (September 2007)

2008-present U.S. Bone and Joint Decade’s Young Investigators Initiative Fellow
 

HONORS, AWARDS & PATENTS

2000-2004 Sydney W. Young Graduate Student Research Awards (5 x recipients)

2001 Commencement Speaker, Syracuse University

2002 & 2003 Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine Research Grant Award

2003 & 2004 Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine Presentation Award

2003-2006 National Aeronautics and Space Administration GSRP Fellowship Award

2006 Syracuse University All-University Doctoral Prize (Dissertation of the Year)

2008 Outstanding Research Mentor of the Year Award, Ohio University COM

2009 Distinguished Osteopathic Commitment Award, Ohio University COM

2009 Invited Keynote Panel Speaker, VIII Annual Turkish National Congress of Neuroscience

2009 Distinguished Mentor Award, Ohio University Honors Tutorial College

2009 Method and Device for Rehabilitation of Muscle Weakness, Patent Pending
 

• American Physiological Society
• American College of Sports Medicine

• Recreation: Running
• Family: Carmen- a 6 year old Pure Bred Mutt who is exhibits violent and aggressive tendencies towards perfectly lovely strangers despite long term institutionalization attempts to dispel said psychotic episodes... and so it goes.
• Other: Movies (Favorites: The Big Lebowski; Life is Beautiful), Music (Favorites: Todd Snider), Reading (Favorites: David Sedaris; To Kill a Mockingbird) & Politics