Colgrove earned her physical therapy degree from Rockhurst University and PhD in Cell Biology from University of Kansas Medical Center. In her role as Director of Clinical Education, she has her foot in both academic and clinical worlds, and routinely addresses student learning during clinical rotations and annually manages hundreds of student clinical rotations having developed close and collaborative relationships with preceptors. She is a founding member of the LEARN-PT Lab. Her primary educational research interest is in clinical education where she is investigating predictors of clinical performance and interprofessional learning in practice opportunities for students during clinical experiences.