I’m currently pursuing a PhD in Health Sciences at UW-Milwaukee, where I also serve as a teaching assistant in the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program. Alongside my academic work, I practice part-time as an outpatient orthopedic physical therapist. My passion lies in optimizing training variables across the continuum of performance. That is, attention to detail with programming is not only important at the high-performance end, but also at the rehabilitative end of the spectrum. My population of interest is occupational athletes, where the transition from rehabilitation into high performance can be critical to worker and public safety, however, I do have experience in general orthopedics. My doctoral research centers on the role of effort in programming: how we can prescribe and assess effort in ways that are both objective and economical, bridging the gap between science and real-world application.