She holds secondary appointments in the Departments of Physical Therapy, Orthopedic Surgery, and Microbiology &Molecular Genetics. In addition, she is a faculty member of the neurology residency program in the Department of Physical Therapy. Her long-term research goal is the development of Regenerative Rehabilitation approaches to improve the skeletal muscle healing and functional recovery. Her laboratory uses murine and human models to investigate the underlying mechanisms by which targeted and specific mechano-transductive signals can be used to enhance donor and/or host stem cell functionality.