Kaitlyn is a doctoral student working under the mentorship of Dr. Abigail Wilson. She received her B.S. from Central Connecticut State University and M.S. in Kinesiology from the University of Rhode Island. Before coming to UCF, she was a full-time teaching faculty in the exercise science department at CCSU, specializing in exercise physiology and the physiology of aging. Kaitlyn’s research interests include investigating pain threshold in response to resistance training intervention in individuals with low back pain.