At Purdue University, coursework gave Dr Avantika Bhardwaj a thorough grounding in how the human body moves, adapts, and responds across the lifespan. She applied scientific thinking in the social contexts that shape health outcomes and built quantitative fluency working across both experimental and epidemiological research designs. At the University of Glasgow, her MSc coursework sharpened her expertise of elite human performance. Her doctoral training at the University of Limerick completed this formation with a focus on research integrity, community, and impact.