Doctor of Physical Therapy Student | Researcher | Movement Coach | Bridging Science, Rehabilitation & Performance
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I'm a Doctor of Physical Therapy student at Northeastern University with an interdisciplinary background in physical rehabilitation, performance, motor control, biomechanics, biochemistry, and computational modeling. My experiences have allowed me to serve diverse populations from competitive runners and tactical athletes to emergency patients. My biochemical and physical rehabilitation research informs my evidence-based approach to movement. As a movement coach, mentor, and educator, I'm passionate about developing others while advancing the field of sports rehabilitation and performance, with the goal to optimize patient outcomes through scientific discovery and innovative practice.
Some of my interprofessional and technical skills spanning physical therapy, sports performance, biochemistry, microbiology, engineering, and computational analysis can be found below.
When I'm not performing research or working with clients, you'll find me outdoors—backcountry skiing, rock climbing, trail running, backpacking, surfing, and scuba diving. These adventures fuel my passion for human performance and remind me why understanding movement matters.
Alpine touring in the White Mountain National Forest at Tuckerman's Ravine in New Hampshire.
Outdoor top-rope rock climbing on the cliff face of Makapu'u Lighthouse on the easternmost point of the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
Exploring the trails of the Kilauea caldera in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park on the island of Hawai'i.
Climbing the Wiliwilinui Ridge for views of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
I computationally modeled an engine block in SOLIDWORKS so that I could predict the physical deformation in response to internal forces using FEA in ANSYS Workbench.
I computationally modeled the conformational shift in the DNA binding/cleavage domain of E. coli DNA gyrase (i.e., PDB 6RKU and 6RKV) to understand how structural changes affect catalyic tyrosine residue positioning and tension in bound DNA.
Description of this innovative solution you developed.
BOOM Team
Created and led programs during in-person and virtual sessions for a concierge health and wellness company, created home exercise program recordings, assisted with ongoing institutional partnerships, and led a company-wide continuing education session.
StretchLab Kailua & Medford
Created and led personalized stretching routines for clients of all ages using PNF principles and soft tissue mobilization, and assisted with client acquisition and retention.
Fukuji & Lum Physical Therapy
Led exercises during physical therapy and work hardening sessions, administered therapeutic modalities (e.g., US, E-stim, traction, and cryo/thermo-therapy), scribed evaluation and SOAP notes, and handled insurance authorization requests.
Movement Over Everything (Move Lab)
Conducted functional movement assessments, created and led movement programs for clients of all ages and experience levels including elite athletes, and performed community outreach to institute new partnerships.
Bay State Physical Therapy
Supported operations in a new clinic by leading in-clinic exercise programs and providing education on home exercise programs for patients.
Hospital for Special Surgery
Led exercise programs and setup of therapeutic modalities for patients in general outpatient orthopedic and spine-specific physical therapy clinics, conducted a literature review of post-operative outcomes following the use of continuous passive motion machines in patients with TKAs, provided recovery services at NYRR races, and assisted with bike fittings in the Tisch Sports Performance and Motion Analysis Center.
Neuromotor Systems Laboratory
We used virtual patient simulators, upper extremity exoskeletons, telerobotic systems, and dysfunctional electrical stimulation to probe how patients learn, to improve rehabilitation outcomes.
Antimicrobial Discovery Center (Lewis Lab)
Used robotic and microfluidic systems to perform high-throughput screening for novel antibiotics, performed genome sequencing and analysis to identify putative biosynthetic gene clusters, and used computational molecular modeling to study antibiotic structure-activity relationships.
Musculoskeletal Epidemiology and Biomechanics Laboratory (Stefanik Lab)
Assisted with Qualisys motion capture data collection and Visual3D data analysis pipelines to understand how gait mechanics impact knee osteoarthritis, culminating in an undergraduate Capstone research proposal to investigate how knee osteoarthritis alters muscle activity during gait in females.
Cygnal Therapeutics
Used computational analyses and literature reviews to curate a small molecule library to modulate protein targets hypothesized to be involved in cancer progression and autoimmune diseases.
Wachusett Mountain Ski Patrol
At Wachusett, I provide emergency care and transportation to injured skiers and riders so that they can get back to the activities that they enjoy.
I'm always interested in new opportunities and collaborations. Feel free to reach out!
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