Meet the Team

Faculty Director for Research: Dr. Jacob C. Capin, PT, DPT, PhD, MS

Blending science and sport, Dr. Jacob Capin is a clinician-scientist and assistant professor of physical therapy at Marquette University. As a former NCAA Division I basketball player, his work is shaped by both high-level competition and experience rehabilitating athletes after traumatic knee injuries. Dr. Capin directs the Life After Sport Trajectories (LAST) Lab, developing lifespan-focused strategies to improve athlete health. His academic training spanning psychology, anatomy, physical therapy, and biomechanics fosters collaborative, cross-disciplinary research. Outside academia, Jacob is an elite triathlete with Roka Multisport, four-time USA Triathlon National Champion, five-time IRONMAN 70.3® winner, and certified coach. As faculty director of the AHPRC, Dr. Capin prioritizes interdisciplinary partnerships and broad engagement, advancing a thriving, innovative hub for research on health and human performance across all ages and abilities.

Director, HPAC: Toni D. Uhrich, M.S., EP-C

toni.uhrich@marquette.edu

Since its opening in 2016, Toni has been the Director of the Human Performance Assessment Core (HPAC), a free-standing, fee for service, state of the art exercise physiology lab located in Cramer Hall in the Program in Exercise Science. The HPAC also serves as a teaching facility and was a proto-type for the AHPRC. The HPAC serves the community, local teams, and scientists across campus and the broader academic community. Toni has been teaching at Marquette for 24 years, 3 of them full time and supervises interns in the HPAC and AHPRC. She recently started an Exercise is Medicine – On Campus program at Marquette. Toni’s primary research interests are in Exercise as Medicine and injury prevention. She is thrilled to be part of the AHPRC Team.

AHPRC Research Fellow: Dr. Linda Piacentine, Ph.D., RN

linda.piacentine@marquette.edu

Dr. Piacentine is an acute care nurse practitioner and a nurse researcher in the College of Nursing. She earned her PhD at Marquette in 2010 and her research has focused on methods individuals employ to self-manage symptoms that develop from chronic disease or related treatments. Dr. Piacentine has also co-led interdisciplinary teams using interviews and focus group methodology to understand the effects of team triathlon training to mitigate symptoms in breast cancer survivors. As the AHPRC fellow, Dr. Piacentine brings her clinical knowledge and qualitative methodology expertise to the team to further understanding of how disease impacts quality of life and exercise.