NIH Loan Repayment Program
L30NS145360, "The Effects of Obesity on Limiting Brain Health and Stroke Recovery."
Recognition
Recognition
Selected grants, honors, leadership roles, service activities, and professional contributions.
Grants Awarded
Research funding
MUSC Emerging Scholars Travel Award
"Validation of the Functional Balance Ability Measure Across Neurological Diagnoses."
NIH Blueprint and BRAIN Initiative D-SPAN Award
K00NS135810, "The Effects of Obesity on Limiting Brain Health and Stroke Recovery."
NIH Blueprint and BRAIN Initiative D-SPAN Award
F99NS135810, "Characterizing Lower Extremity Neurophysiologic Responses to Sensory Augmentation in Chronic Stroke."
SCTR TL1 Predoctoral Clinical & Translational Research Award
TL1 TR001451 and UL1 TR001450, MUSC and NCATS of the NIH.
Domer Research Award
Office of Student Research, Appalachian State University, supporting work on ankle immobilization, neural excitability, and joint motion.
Honors and Selections
Awards and programs
Washington University Compass Postdoc Track Scholar
Selected for a national leadership development program for postdoctoral researchers.
Reproducible Rehabilitation Program Cohort
Selected as a trainee in an NIH-funded program focused on reproducibility, MATLAB, rigor, and data science in rehabilitation research.
ACTS Translational Research Top Poster Presenter
Recognized for an outstanding poster presentation at the ACTS Translational Science Conference.
MUSC Fellowship in Clinical and Translational Research Ethics
Awarded a certificate of competence after completing a faculty-led curriculum in clinical and translational research ethics.
ASU Outstanding Graduate Student in Research
Awarded in recognition of exceptional excellence in graduate-level research.
Leadership and Service
Academic and community roles
Leadership
- 2025-2026: Treasurer, MUSC Postdoctoral Association Executive Board.
- 2021-2023: Health Education Committee Chair, MUSC Black Student Union.
- 2019-2020: Senator, ASU Graduate Student Government Association, Health and Exercise Science Department.
- 2019-2020: Board Member, ASU Graduate Student Government Association Philanthropy Committee.
Service
- 2024: Poster Presentation Judge, Perry V. Halushka MUSC Research Day.
- 2018-2020: Student Member, ASU Black Graduate Student Association.
- 2018-2020: Moderator, ASU Biomechanics Journal Club.
Community engagement
- 2024-Present: Educating students during yearly Cane Bay High School Stroke Recovery Research Day visits.
- 2021-Present: Educating students during yearly Orange Grove Elementary School Biomechanics Day visits.
Professional Contributions
Organizations and manuscript review
Organizations
- 2026-Present: National Strength and Conditioning Association.
- 2025-Present: National Postdoctoral Association.
- 2024-2025: Society for Neuroscience.
- 2023-2024: American College of Sports Medicine.
Manuscript review
- Frontiers in Neuroscience.
- Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.
- PLOS One.
- Journal of Clinical Neuroscience.
- Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation.