We are proud to share the news that Prof. Irene Davis has been awarded the 2023 ISB Muybridge Award winner and will deliver a lecture titled "Born to Move: Embracing our Evolutionary Legacy"
Dr. Irene Davis is the founding Director of the Spaulding National Running Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Davis received her PhD in Biomechanics from Pennsylvania State University. She is a Professor Emeritus in Physical Therapy at the University of Delaware where she served on the faculty for over 20 years. Her research is focused on the relationship between lower extremity structure, mechanics and injury. Her research also extends to the development of interventions to alter faulty mechanics through gait retraining. She has been studying the use of wearable sensors in both the evaluation and treatment of injured runners. Her interests also include the effect of minimal footwear on mechanics and injury. Dr. Davis has received funding from the Department of Defense, and National Institutes of Health to support her research. She has given over 350 lectures both nationally and internationally and authored 140 publications on the topic of lower extremity mechanics during walking and running gait. She was recently named one of the 50 Most Influential People in Running. She is a Fellow and Past President of the American Society of Biomechanics. She is also a Fellow, Vice President and current Presidential nominee of the American College of Sports Medicine and a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association. In 2019 Dr. Irene Davis received the most prestigious honor given by the American Society of Biomechanics, the Borelli Award.
Irene Davis’ research has been instrumental in the advancement of biomechanics, especially in the fields of running, locomotion and footwear. She has an exceptional international network and reputation for her productivity and scientific excellence. She will be presenting the Muybridge Award lecture at the XXIX Congress of the ISB in Fukuoka on the 1st August. Please attend to be part of this occasion.
