My steadfast interest in wildlife and ecology as a child and teenager expanded to encompass chemistry and biomechanics when I enrolled in Vassar College – I pursued research in organometallic synthesis and mathematical modeling of fish swimming while majoring in biochemistry. After college I decided to pursue more advanced degrees in research instead of going to medical school. I enrolled in the Atlantic Veterinary College of UPEI and conducted research on the cellular and mechanical properties of lamprey cartilages as part of my M.Sc. degree in Anatomy & Physiology. At the end of my Masters I decided to pursue research that was more directly relevant to human health and enrolled in a Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program at Mount Sinai Hospital where I studied the influence of morphology and quality on bone mechanical properties. I then completed a postdoctoral fellowship specializing in metabolic and hormonal regulation of bone development and bone loss in aging before becoming an Assistant Scientist at the Hospital for Special Surgery. My publication record can be viewed on PubMed as well as Google Scholar.

The degrees I hold are as follows:

• B.A., Biochemistry
• M.Sc., Anatomy & Physiology
• Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences – Orthopedics
• Postdoctoral Fellowship – Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolic Bone Disease