Michelle M. Ramírez, PT, DPT, OCS is pursuing her Ph.D. at Duke University in Population Health with a concentration in musculoskeletal epidemiology and patient-reported outcomes. Her research involves using epidemiological and causal inference methods in the study of knee injuries, total knee arthroplasty and post-operative outcomes. She is currently a PODS scholar and is passionate about improving the representation of clinician-scientists who are underrepresented in medicine and research.