We extend our sincere thanks to the ISB 2025 conference organizers for delivering an exceptional meeting filled with world-class science, a vibrant atmosphere, and memorable social events. This year saw a record number of awards submissions -- over 600 -- across seven award categories, reflecting the incredible talent and promise within the biomechanics field. The quality of applications was outstanding, making the task of our assessment panels both rewarding and challenging, with many more deserving candidates than available awards. We warmly congratulate all of this year's award winners and applicants. A special thank you goes to our panel members for their careful evaluation of such a competitive field, and to our sponsors, whose generous support -- including cash prizes -- makes these awards possible and helps set our society apart.
Congratulations to the 2025 ISB Award Winners:
David Winter Young Investigator Podium Award
Jonah Dimnik (University of Calgary): Finite element prediction of in vivo bone strains in a novel rabbit hindlimb loading device
David Winter Young Investigator Poster Award
Abel Mebrahtu (University of Calgary): How inherent aerobic capacity influences the bone properties of the shoulder joint in a diet induced obesity rat model
Clinical Biomechanics Award
Jeongseok Oh (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology): Residual translational and rotational kinematics after combined acl and anterolateral ligament reconstruction during walking: a biplanar fluoroscopy analysis
Promising Scientist Award
Anthony Gatti (Stanford University): Evolving models of the knee: MRI, shape, and biomechanics
Jacquelin Perry Emerging Female Scientist Award
Marie Janneke Schwaner (Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems): (Neuro)mechanics of agile movements: an integrative comparative perspective
ISB World Athletics Award for Biomechanics
Wannes Swinnen (Ghent University): The mechanisms underlying enhanced running economy: an uphill versus level running paradigm
Carlo De Luca Emerging Scientists Award
David O'Reilly (University of Leeds): Towards mechanistically insightful precision motor assessments: the network-information framework
ISB Student Travel Grant Awardees
- Denise Balogh, University of Saskatchewan
- Sarah Bohunicky, University of Manitoba
- Bradley Cornish, Griffith University
- Inaê de Oliveira, Federal University of Pampa
- Mauricio Delgado, University of Calgary
- Yannick Denis, Offenburg University
- Annette Hahn, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Janina Helwig, Offenburg University
- Andrew Koshyk, University of Calgary
- Afet Mustafaoglu, University of Jyväskylä
- Keara Peters, Nottingham Trent University
- Morgan Potter, University of Delaware
- Melissa Requist, University of Utah
- Kathryn Rex, The Pennsylvania State University
- Shraddha Sudhir, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Faizan Syed, University of Calgary
- Wies van de Meerakker, Delft University of Technology
- Marni Wasserman, Indiana University Bloomington School of Public Health
ISB Postdoc Travel Grant
- Kinyata Cooper, University of Florida
- Pawel Kudzia, University of British Columbia
- Barbara Postolka, University of Basel
- Elmira Pourreza, University of Brescia
- Ridhi Sahani, Northwestern University
- Kayla Seymore, University of Southern California
- Jacob Thomas, University of Massachusetts Amherst
EDC Students Travel Grant
- Maria Lucoveis, Brazil
- Li Yanfeng, China
- Xin Liang, China
- Xin Liang, China
- Fereshteh Sabet, Iran
- Jose Guevara, Colombia
The ISB awards portfolio team farewells Prof Katherine Boyer who leaves the council after 6 years of service to the biomechanics community and welcomes Heiliane de Brito Fontana.
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