Welcome to the International Women in Biomechanics blog
ABC-ANZORS Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
4/12/2025 3:33 pm
At the 2024 ABC-ANZORS meeting, IWB hosted an in-person Wikibomb event to create more pages for women in biomechanics on Wikipedia. The event was a huge hit and 9 new pages were made, along with hundreds of edits!
Navigating Hardships and Thriving Outside Your Comfort Zone!
3/24/2025 10:56 am
Elli Alijanpour has an incredible story of resilience and overcoming significant challenges to be able to achieve incredible scientific accomplishments, leading to her current role as a PhD student at Old Dominion. Elli shares a vulnerable and inspiring account of her life and scientific journey in this beautifully-written piece.
Report from Career Development Award Winner Mira Mutnick - Take the Field
3/12/2025 7:52 pm
Through the IWB Career Development Award, Mira Mutnick was able to attend the MLB Take the Field event, where she gained new skills connections to advance her career in baseball biomechanics!
IWB Book Club: Equity for Women in Science (Tips for Being a Good Ally at Your Institution)
2/19/2025 2:01 pm
In the book Equity for Women in Science, Dr. Cassidy Sugimoto and Dr. Vincent Larivière make a data-driven argument that, while significant progress has been made towards gender parity in science, equity still lags behind. The authors make several suggestions for how individuals can become better allies in the workplace and beyond. This blog entry focuses on a few of their suggestions for how to do so in an academic institutional setting.
National Biomechanics Day Event Report #6 - Vanessa Wenzel
1/13/2025 9:54 am
Vanessa Wenzel and the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil used NBD to host events for local high school students that focused on identifying how biomechanics principles are all around us!
National Biomechanics Day Event Report #5 - Maggie Wagner
12/16/2024 1:00 pm
Maggie Wagner hosted an NBD event called "Just Biomechanics!" at the University of Pennsylvania. High school students were able to explore various biomechanics concepts and modalities through the video game Just Dance and some friendly competition.
National Biomechanics Day Event Report #4 - Brooklyn Vargas
11/22/2024 3:39 pm
Brooklyn Vargas hosted TWO National Biomechanics Day events at the University of Utah that used some friendly competition to get students excited about movement science!
ASB 2024 Workshop Round-up: Re-examining "the way things have always been done" Part 1
11/1/2024 11:59 am
Drs. Frankie Wade and Kayla Seymore provided a write-up of their excellent workshop given on at the 2024 ASB meeting. The workshop discussed a paradigm shift in conducting research with diverse populations.
National Biomechanics Day Event Report #3 - Avery Kratzer
10/24/2024 1:46 pm
Avery Kratzer hosted a a National Biomechanics Day event at BU Sargent College of Health and Rehab Sciences for 8th grade students. A highlight of their day was performing TikTok dances in the markerless motion capture system. They wanted to spark curiosity about science and biomechanics and hopefully encourage the students to engage more with the scientific process.
National Biomechanics Day Event Report #2 - Kylee Henson
9/27/2024 5:14 pm
Kylee Henson hosted on a hands-on National Biomechanics Day event at Lakehead University. With a focus on the scientific process, students were able to collect their own data, work on interpreting their findings, and present it to their classmates!
