Joseph is an MD-PhD student at Purdue University's Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and the Indiana University School of Medicine. He earned his B.S.E in Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan. His current research focuses on using near-infrared spectroscopy and thermal analysis to study bone composition and track changes across pathologies. Joseph is interested in utilizing spectroscopy and other imaging modalities to study the compositional effects of glucocorticoids on the pediatric population.