Graduate Student
George Mason University
Yosef 'Yossi' Shaul is a PhD student in the Kinesiology doctoral program at GMU, under the supervision of Dr. Joel Martin. His research focuses on factors influencing tactical athletes' physical and cognitive performance. Yossi holds an MS in Kinesiology from GMU, where he worked on investigating salivary biomarkers of fatigue, and a prior MS in Bioinformatics from the Weizmann Institute of Science, where he modeled protein-protein association rates. He also earned a BS (Bioinformatics) from Towson University. He plans to integrate multi-omics and kinematic data to explore physiological and cognitive responses to occupational stress. Passionate about community-centered health, he embraces the “exercise as medicine” paradigm and the use of advanced technologies in applied settings. He currently leads the development of an AI-powered movement screening tool that uses machine learning and computer vision to reduce musculoskeletal injury risk in tactical populations. He enjoys running, cycling, and time with his dog.