Dr. Garvita Thareja is an Associate Professor at the Department of Health Professions at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Her specialties include physical therapy rehabilitation, orthopedic rehabilitation, data analysis, data mining, health management and community health education in the broad area of public health. Prior to joining the Metropolitan State University of Denver, Garvita served as a statistical consultant and taught diverse healthcare courses at Middle Tennessee State University, while also pursuing her PhD. As a physical therapist, she has served in the rehabilitation clinics in a variety of healthcare departments such as cardiac-thoracic, neurology and orthopedic departments. She also has assessed and treated various behavioral and developmental delays among children. In her present role, she serves as reviewer for various state, national and international level conference submissions, leads university and community wide professional committees as well as teach undergraduate and graduate students in healthcare management and public health programs. Bringing a diverse background, she believes in inter-professional activities and have experience working on cross professional projects.