Wellbeing and Exercise Lab
I have joined the team in 2025 as a postdoc, coming from Melbourne, Australia. Prior to arriving in Madison, I completed my PhD in 2023 at the University of Melbourne, and also undertook a year of postdoctoral training from 2023-2024 at Deakin University.
I joined the Wellbeing and Exercise Lab as a Research Specialist in September 2024 and I am excited to be part of the RESIST project and Wellex team. Before starting this position, I completed a concurrent program at Iowa State, earning both my bachelor's and master’s degrees in Diet and Exercise.
After receiving my PhD from Iowa State University in 2020, with Drs. Jacob Meyer and Laura Ellingson serving as my graduate advisors, I became a Research Scientist and have worked in this role since.
This is Yadi’s first year in the Wellbeing and Exercise Lab. She graduated with her Bachelors in Kinesiology at UW-Madison in Spring 2025 and is currently working with our participants to program their workouts for RESIST!
I joined the Wellbeing and Exercise Lab as a Research Specialist in November of 2025. After graduating from Macalester College with a BA in psychology, I worked at a mental health clinic before joining the WellEx lab and CBT+ project!
Ryan joined our team recently as our clinical interviewer and recently graduated from The Ohio State University in Fall 2024. He enjoys going on walks, resistance training and reading!
I joined the Wellbeing and Exercise Lab as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in January 2026. Before this position, I completed my PhD at the Universidade de São Paulo (2025) and worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the same university.
I joined the team in 2026 as a hybrid research specialist, leading work on the Keeping the Body in Mind study. Previously, I worked within the Department of Psychiatry in the lab of Dr. Giulio Tononi, as well as serving as an adolescent day treatment therapist. I graduated from UW in 2023 with a bachelor’s …
Abigail majors in Kinesiology at UW and hopes to become a Prosthetist/Orthotist. Throughout college, Abigail got more interested in how the body functions and what she could do to feel like the best version of herself. When she read about the WellEx Lab, she became really interested in the mental aspects of exercise, and decided …