UVA Center for Applied Biomechanics
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We have an open research position at the University of Virginia Center for Applied Biomechanics! The CAB is looking for academic general faculty candidates to develop a research program and mentor students in the field of injury biomechanics. https://t.co/feRJ1bE3fb
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Check out this article quoting CAB's own Dr. Jason Forman regarding his research on female-occupant ankle injury in automotive crashes:
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CAB is honored to work with Toyota's Collaborative Safety Research Center on three new projects to further automotive safety research!
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (June 4, 2024) – Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC) today announced fifteen new projects to help advance automotive safety industrywide for societal good. These...
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With new funding from Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center, UVA’s Center for Applied Biomechanics will embark on three new research projects targeting rib, lumbar and ankle injuries. https://t.co/ctAhE7gR3v
@uvacab @UVABME @Toyota
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Interested in the biomechanics of cerebrovasculature? Come visit me at my @Neurotrauma poster at 08.13!
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Congratulations to @CoriEspelien for winning the 2024 UVA Grad Thesis SLAM! Cori competed among 60 graduate students from UVA presenting their research. Great job, Cori!
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Many thanks @IIHS_autosafety for inviting CAB students, staff, and faculty to see a live crash test! It was an exciting experience for all.
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Thanks for the shoutout @presjimryan! We're thrilled with all the exciting work going on at the lab! https://t.co/iHQYglgN0e
Federal highway officials are looking to UVA researchers to help them make America’s roadways safer. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has awarded UVA’s Center for Applied Biomechanics more than $4 million, with a potential total investment of $11 million…
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Vehicle collisions are a leading cause of trauma for pregnant individuals in the U.S. - Assoc. Prof. Jason Forman & Ph.D. student @CoriEspelien @uvacab together w/ Asst. Prof. Pavel Chernyavskiy @uvamedicine joined forces to try to remedy this. @UVAEngineering @uvahealthnews @UVA
Seat belt usage stagnated over time among pregnant female vehicle occupants, suggesting a need for renewed focus and intervention. @MedicineUVA and @uvacab
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Today we were ecstatic to host a visit from ESPN’s injury analyst @Stephania_ESPN! We gave her a tour of the lab and talked the ins and outs of CAB’s turf research. @uvamae @JasonKerrigan9 #the06010
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We had a great time in Gothenburg last week, attending the 8th International Advanced Course on Injury Biomechanics! Big thank yous to @safercentre, @AutolivInc, @chalmersuniv, @comillas, @uvamae, and everyone else who helped put it together. https://t.co/xuyyvNfEjY
The UVA crew and a few friends enjoying a tour of the Gothenburg Archipelago during our banquet for the 8th International Advanced Course on Injury Biomechanics! @uvacab @uvamae
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How do we get information to design safe cars? By crashing a lot of cars! In a controlled, safe environment, that is, and one of those places is @uvacab where graduate students lead high-level biomechanics research. @UVAEngineers @MBPanzerLab #biomechanics
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Congrats to Sayak Mukherjee for successfully defending his PhD dissertation titled "Development of a Human Muscle Control Framework based on Deep Reinforcement Learning". Well earned!
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They really do grow up so fast 🥲 CAB is proud to announce that we just ran a sled test on SESA for the 8⃣0⃣0⃣th time! Congrats to @CoriEspelien and her team for hitting this milestone!
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First conference of the year! We enjoyed seeing everybody at the National Capital Area TBI Research Symposium.
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Coming at you live from the NCA TBI conference. Come say hi and learn about automotive head injury metrics at poster 84!
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It was truly an honor to be able to show off our laboratory and have meaningful discussions with @NHTSAgov leadership about road safety and injury prevention research! https://t.co/Ld9XWxPXaU
Acting @NHTSAgov Administrator Ann Carlson toured the @uvacab yesterday and saw the center’s research firsthand, including initiatives related to population diversity and improvement of federal standards to enhance protection across ages, sizes & genders. @uvamae @UVADeanJWest
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