Biography

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Professional positions

• Associate Professor of Kinesiology, teaches courses in Biomechanics
• Affiliate Professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
• Graduate faculty in the Neuroscience Program within the College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience
• Graduate faculty in Athletic Training
• Director of the Maternal Orthopedics & Mechanics Lab

Research interests and expertise keywords

Pregnancy; Postpartum; Falls; Slips; Trips; Balance Control; Gait; Orthopedics; Bipedal Evolution; Neurosensory; Neurocognition; Occupational Injury; Firefighting.

Educational background

• Postdoctoral, Occupational Biomechanics and Ergonomics, Harvard School of Public Health (2009)
• Ph.D., Biomechanics, University of Oregon (2008)
• M.S., Biomechanics, University of Oregon (2005)
• B.S., Biological Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks (2003)