Michelle joined the TRACTS team as a postdoctoral fellow in August 2022, after earning her MA in Exercise and Sport Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and PhD in Kinesiology and Community Health from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is interested in exploring how stress related disorders and TBIs impact physical activity engagement and physical health, and how physical activity can improve mental health among veterans who have experienced trauma.