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- Spaceflight Human Optimization & Performance Summit
- April 30 - May 2 | Space Center Houston | Houston, Texas
Corey Twine, MS, CSCS
Co-Director, SHOP-25
Over his career, Mr. Twine held various conditioning coach positions within power 5 universities at The University of Michigan, West Virginia University, Michigan State and Penn State. He also spent various seasons in support of major and minor league sports training camps and clinics, including for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Philadelphia Eagles, and Washington Commanders.
Mr. Twine holds a bachelor’s degree in exercise science, graduating Cum Laude, from Norfolk State University and a master’s of kinesiology from Michigan State. He is certified at various levels in strength and conditioning, NSCA, CSCCa, CPR/first aid, USA weightlifting, and with the American Red Cross. From 2005-2015, Mr. Twine was published four times in various technical journals and continues to support research in his industry.
William E. Amonette, PhD, CSCS
Co-Director, SHOP-25
Prior to his work at UH-Clear Lake, Dr. Amonette served at Wyle Life Sciences (NASA-JSC) as an exercise physiologist as well as an astronaut strength conditioning specialist and rehabilitation specialist. He was also a strength and conditioning coach for the Houston Rockets and Chinese National Basketball Team at the Olympic Training Center in Beijing, China. Dr. Amonette earned a Ph.D. at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in rehabilitation sciences, with a research emphasis in clinical exercise physiology and endocrinology. Dr. Amonette is a senior editor for the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, an ad hoc peer reviewer for many biomedical science journals, and the co-director of the Low Carb Houston Conference.
MAJ. Danielle Anderson, DPT, DSc
MSK for Spaceflight and DOD Liaison
MAJ. Anderson received her Doctor of Physical Therapy from Regis University and direct Air Force commission in 2012. During her first assignment to Travis Air Force Base, she deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. She provided musculoskeletal care for Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan and NATO partners, earning her the United States Air Force Biomedical Service Corps and Military Health Systems Junior Clinician of the Year. In addition, she served as the sole physical therapist while deployed with Navy Special Warfare Unit Three in Bahrain, supporting the training and assistance to the special operations forces of the Nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council. She has instructed numerous Air Force Physical Therapy courses, including topics of medical screening, dry needling, principles of orthopedic manual physical therapy, and spine and peripheral joint management of musculoskeletal conditions and currently serves as an Assistant Professor to the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Army-Baylor University, Joint Based San Antonio (JBSA), Tx. Lastly, she is published in Military Medicine and the Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy and has presented in over ten National Physical Therapy conferences.
Prior to her current position, Major Anderson was the Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Flight Commander at 59th Surgical Operations Squadron, JBSA-Lackland, Tx., where she led 72 members among six elements across two sites, providing 77k specialty visits and over 400 surgical procedures annually for 250,000 beneficiaries. Additionally, she was the Program Director for the Air Force’s first Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency and oversaw daily operations and didactic instruction for four directly commissioned Air Force Physical Therapists. Pervious experiences include Deputy Group Senior Biomedical Service Officer, 59th Medical Operations Group, JBSA-Lackland, Tx., Educational Element Chief, 60th Medical Operations Squadron, Travis AFB, Ca., and Staff Physical Therapist, 60th Medical Operations Squadron, Travis AFB, Ca.
