I am a tenured associate professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Florida International University. I am also a researcher at the Miami Veteran Affairs (VA) Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), and I am the Editor-in-Chief of the Taylor & Francis Group journal “Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics”. I serve as a member of CDC’s Special Emphasis Panel for Injury Control Research Centers (R49) reviewing projects that include older adult falls prevention components. My expertise is in risk assessment and prevention of aging-related mobility impairments, fatigue, frailty and falls in older adults from different populations. I have a BSs and an MSc degree in physical therapy and a PhD in rehabilitation science. During my PhD, I studied patient transfer-related low back injuries in nurses. I then completed a post-doc in mixed-methods health research, and another one evaluating mobility impairments, fatigue and falls risk in older adults in long term care (LTC) facilities. My research program aims to help older adults to stay functionally independent by optimizing mobility, preventing frailty, falls and related injuries. I have experience in supervising graduate students, post-docs, and visiting professors. I have completed several projects on the identification of risk factors and in the implementation of frailty and falls assessment and prevention programs for older adults. I had projects funded by agencies such as the Florida Department of Health, the Administration for Community Living (ACL-HHS), the Department of Veteran Affairs, and NIH (co-I).