Karl Zelik, PhD and Emily Matijevich of Vanderbilt University are our guests for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Zelik is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and co-directs the Center for Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology (CREATE). CREATE aims to improve health, mobility, and independence for individuals with disabilities, and to enhance human capabilities beyond biological limits, by engineering, measuring, optimizing and understanding technologies that physically augment human…

Stephen Messier, PhD of Wake Forest University of the University of Washington is our guest for episode 33 of the Mountain Land Running Medicine Podast. Dr. Messier is Professor and Director of the J.B. Snow Biomechanics Laboratory in the Department of Health and Exercise Science, and teaches biomechanics and human gross anatomy at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Dr. Messier has 28 years of clinical trial experience concerning osteoarthritis (OA)…

Cristine Agresta, MPT, PhD of the University of Washington is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podast. Dr. Agresta is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Physical Therapy in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. She is interested in identifying factors that influence physical resilience, functionality, and durability in athletes. Her research focuses on utilizing wearables to improve clinical assessment and monitoring techniques in real-world settings.

Jeff Gaudette of RunnersConnect.net is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Coach Jeff has been running for 13 years, at all levels of the sport. He was a two time Division-I All-American in Cross Country while at Brown University and competed professionally for 4 years after college. Jeff has competed all over the world and recorded Olympic Trials qualifying times in the marathon and 10,000 meters. He…

Andrew Shennan, OBE, MBBS, MD, FRCOG of King’s College London is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Shennan is Professor of Obstetrics, Director of the Clinical Trials Unit in the Women’s Academic Health Centre, and Deputy Director of R and D for Guys and St. Thomas NHS Trust. He sits on the Academic and Research Committees of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RCOG) and…

David Hawkins, PhD of University of California-Davis is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Hawkins is a Professor in the Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, is the chair of the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group, and oversees the Biomechanics portion of the UC Davis Human Performance Lab. A mechanical/biomedical engineer by academic training, Dr. Hawkins research objectives are to understand the mechanisms that influence the performance…

Dan Cobian, PT, PhD of University of Wisconsin is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Cobian is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation and Doctor of Physical Therapy Program and a researcher within UW Badger Athletic Performance. His research is focused on the neuromuscular recovery following joint surgeries and how movement patterns are affected.

Irene Davis, PhD, PT, FAPTA of Harvard University is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Davis is a Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the founding Director of the Spaulding National Running Center. She has pioneered the area of retraining faulty gait patterns in both walking and running, and an advocate for the importance of foot health in runners.

Jason Franz, PhD of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Franz is an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and director of the UNC Applied Biomechanics Lab. His research interests involve the neuromuscular biomechanics of human movement, with a special emphasis on aging.

Roy Cheung, PT, PhD of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Cheung is a physical therapist and biomechanist within the Gait & Motion Analysis Laboratory. His research interests include running biomechanics, injury prevention, and gait modification strategies.