Walter Herzog
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Walter Herzog, PhD |
POSITIONS
PERSONAL INFORMATION
EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS
AWARDS AND HONOURS
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
CURRENT GRANT SUPPORT
PUBLICATIONS
POSITIONS
Co-Director, Human Performance Laboratory
Professor, Faculties of Kinesiology, Engineering, and Medicine
Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Kinesiology
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery
Born: February 19, 1955, Leuggern, Switzerland
Citizenship: Swiss, Canadian
| 1971-1974 | High School Baden Graduated with Matura Diploma C (Natural Sciences Branch) |
| 1974-1977 | Federal Technical Institute Zurich Graduated with Diploma I in Physical Education |
| 1977-1978 | Federal Technical Institute Zurich Graduated with Diploma II in Physical Education (Biomechanics) |
| 1979-1985 | University of Iowa, Iowa City Graduated with Ph.D. degree in Biomechanics |
| 1985-1987 | The University of Calgary, Calgary Postdoctoral Fellow |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research is focused on the neuro-biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system. Expertise is in the area of growth, healing, and adaptation of soft (ligament, tendon, muscle, and articular cartilage) and hard (bone) tissues. Within this area we work experimentally and theoretically on the molecular/cellular, in vitro, in situ, and in vivo level. It also includes cell manipulation and mechanical testing and finite element modeling, continuum mechanics, simulations and theories of growth and adaptation.
See Curriculum Vitae (PDF format) for a complete list
| 2006 | Canadian Society for Biomechanics, Elected Fellow |
| 2006 | Winner, ASB Borelli Award ($1500 USD) (Premier Research Award of the American Society of Biomechanics) Presentation title: Of myosins, muscles and mechanisms of contraction |
| 2005 | Visiting Scholar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN |
| 2004 | Invited Lecturer: Retirement Symposium for Professor Rodger Woledge, Society of Experimental Biology, Edinburgh, UK |
| 2004 | Keynote Lecturer: European Union Chiropractic Conference, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2004 | Keynote Lecturer: Canadian Society for Biomechanics, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 2004 | Invited Workshop on Skeletal Muscle Mechanics, American Society of Biomechanics, Portland, Oregon |
| 2004 | Steven's Visiting Scholar, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA |
| 2003 | Winner of the Inaugural Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Supervision, University of Calgary |
| 2003 | Keynote Lecturer: World Federation of Chirorpractic Annual Conference, Orlando, USA |
| 2003 | Keynote Lecturer: Novartis Foundation Symposium 260 Osteoarthritic Joint Pain, London |
| 2003 | Keynote Lecturer: International Symposium on Significance of Musculoskeletal Soft Tissue on Preoperative Planning, Surgery and Healing, Berlin, Germany |
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
| 2007 | Member - External Advisory Board, NIH |
| 2006 | Chair - Olympic Oval Endowment Fund |
| 2006 | Chair - CFI Leading Edge and New Initiatives Funds (LEF and NIF) |
| 2006 | Calgary Health Research Advisory Committee (committee member) |
| 2006 | Chair - NIH Leading Edge and New Initiatives Fund |
| 2005-2006 | Member - CIHR Biomedical Engineering Review panel |
| 2005 | Member - AHFMR Studentship Advisory Committee |
| 2005 | Member - External Advisory Panel, NIH |
| 2005 | Member - External Advisory Panel, NIH |
| 2005 | Member – LSRS Committee, University of Calgary |
| 2005 | Member – Steering Committee for Skeletal Muscle Research, CIHR/IMHA |
| 2005-2007 | President-elect - International Society of Biomechanics |
| 2004-2005 | Member - Selection Committee for Dean, Faculty of Kinesiology |
| 2004-2006 | 5th World Congress of Biomechanics (Member – Scientific organizing committee) |
| 2004-2005 | European Workshop on Movement Science (Scientific Committee Member) |
| 2003-2006 | Singapore Fitness Professionals Federation (Advisory Board) |
| 2001-present | CIHR Circle Member |
| 1999-present | Executive Board Member - International Society of Biomechanics |
| 1995-present | Member - Biophysical Society |
| 1993-present | Member - Society for the Advancement of Science |
| 1993-present | Member - Medical Science Graduate Education Committee, The University of Calgary |
| 1991-present | Board Member - Olympic Oval Endowment Fund |
| 1987-present | Member - Canadian Society for Biomechanics |
| 1983-present | Member - American Society of Biomechanics |
CURRENT GRANT SUPPORT
| 1999-2005 | Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation (69-1362) $60,000/year |
| 2000-2005 | CIHR – MOP42493 (69-4392) $138,000/year |
| 2002-2005 | ASRIP Equipment and Infrastructure (78-0145) $123,078 |
| 2001-2008 | CIHR – Canada Research Chair (73-0101) $176,400/year |
| 2003-2008 | NSERC (69-0577) $59,050/year |
| 2003-2006 | CIHR (73-1367) $75,604/year |
| 2003-2006 | CIHR (73-1376) $55,714/year |
PUBLICATIONS
More than 280 publications in scientific refereed journals, as well as author/editor of 5 books and numerous book chapters.
To view please see Walter Herzog's Curriculum Vitae (PDF format).