Jason Walker, PhD is an associate professor of physiology at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine South Georgia campus. In addition to teaching physiology lectures, he serves on the Medical Education Center of Osteopathic Excellence as the Director for Student Progression and Off-cycle Curriculum where he works with students across all three PCOM campuses who are struggling with the adjustment to the course load of medical school. In addition to working with students toward academic success, he also conducts research on heart rate variability and burnout in medical students and investigates the role of imposter syndrome in underrepresented minority medical students.