2019 – 2020
President: Peter Pivonka, Queensland University of Technology
President-Elect: Karen Mickle, Victoria University
Past President: Rob Herbert, Neuroscience Research Australia
Secretary / Treasurer: Bart Bolsterlee, Neuroscience Research Australia
Communications Officer: Ben Hoffman, University of Southern Queensland
Early-Mid Career Researcher Representative: Celeste Coltman, University of Canberra
Student Representative: Jodie Wills, Macquarie Univerity
ABC Representative: Egon Perilli, Flinders University
Conference Liaison Officer: Julie Choisne, University of Auckland
2017 – 2018
President: Rob Herbert, Neuroscience Research Australia
Past President: Liz Clarke, University of Sydney
Secretary / Treasurer: Bart Bolsterlee, Neuroscience Research Australia
Communications Officer: Ben Hoffman, University of Southern Queensland
Student Representative: Jodie Wills, Macquarie University
ABC Representative: Julie Choisne, University of Auckland
Conference Liaison Officer: Peter Pivonka, Queensland University of Technology
2015 – 2016
President: Liz Clarke, University of Sydney
Past President: Rod Barrett, Griffith University
Secretary / Treasurer: Rob Herbert, Neuroscience Research Australia
Communications Officer: Alasdair Dempsey, Murdoch University
ABC Representative: Peter Pivonka, University of Melbourne
Conference Liaison Officer: Karen Mickle, Victoria University
2012 – 2014
President: Rob Barrett, Griffith University
Past President: Andrew Cresswell, The University of Queensland
Secretary / Treasurer: Liz Clarke, University of Sydney
Communications Officer: Bridget Munro, The University of Wollongong / Rob Herbert, Neuroscience Research Australia
ABC Representative: Karen Mickle, The University of Wollongong
Conference Liaison Officer: Nick Brown, Australian Institute of Sport
2010 – 2011
President: Andrew Cresswell, The University of Queensland
Past President: Wendy Gilleard, Southern Cross University
Secretary / Treasurer: Tim Doyle, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Communications Officer: Liz Clarke, University of Sydney
ABC Representative: Nick Brown, Australian Institute of Sport
Conference Liaison Officer: Peter Mills, Griffith University
2008 – 2009
President: Wendy Gilleard, Southern Cross University
President-Elect: Andrew Cresswell, The University of Queensland
Past President: Bob Marshall, Eastern Institute of Technology, Napier
Secretary / Treasurer:
Communications Officer:
ABC Representative:
Conference Liaison Officer:
2006 – 2007
President: Bob Marshall, Eastern Institute of Technology, Napier
President-Elect: Wendy Gilleard, Southern Cross University
Past President: Alan Walmsley, Massey University
Secretary / Treasurer: Richard Baker, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
Newsletter Editor: Andrew McIntosh, The University of New South Wales
Conference Liaison Officer: Rhys Thorp, University of Otago
2004 – 2006
President: Alan Walmsley, Massey University
President-Elect: Bob Marshall, Eastern Institute of Technology, Napier
Past President: Tim Barker, Intelligent Orthopaedics, Brisbane
Secretary / Treasurer: Richard Baker, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
Newsletter Editor: Merryn Tawhai, University of Auckland
Conference Liaison Officer: Andrew McIntosh, The University of New South Wales
2002 – 2003
President: Tim Barker, Queensland University of Technology
Past President: David Lloyd, University of Western Australia
Secretary / Treasurer: Richard Baker, Royal Children’s Hospital
Newsletter Editor: Merryn Tawhai, University of Auckland
Conference Liaison Officer: Alan Walmsley, Massey University
2000 – 2001
President: David Lloyd, University of Western Australia
Past President: Julie Steele, The University of Wollongong
Secretary / Treasurer: Tim Barker, Queensland University of Technology
Newsletter Editor: Wendy Gilleard, University of Sydney
Conference Liaison Officer: Rod Barrett, Griffith University
1998 – 1999
President: Julie Steele, The University of Wollongong
Past President: Peter Sinclair, The University of Sydney
Secretary / Treasurer: Tim Barker, Queensland University of Technology
Newsletter Editor: Iain Anderson, Industrial Research Ltd., Auckland
Conference Liaison Officer: Wendy Gilleard, The University of Sydney
1996 – 1998
President: Peter Sinclair, The University of Sydney
Secretary / Treasurer: Brett Kirk, The University of Western Australia
Newsletter Editor: David Lloyd, The University of Western Australia
Conference Liaison Officer: Julie Steele, The University of Wollongong
2021
Conference: ISB 2021, Stockholm, Sweden (Online)
Student Award: Kirsten Veerkamp, Amsterdam UMC- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam & Griffith University
Title: Evaluating and combining cost function criteria to predict healthy gait
EMCR Award: Bart Bolsterlee, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) & University of New South Wales
Title: Statistical shape and fibre models to determine the effect of strength training on vastus lateralis shape and architecture
2019
Conference: ISB 2019, Calgary, Canada
Student Award: Sarah Kessler, The University of Queensland
Title: The role of the midfoot in lower limb energetics
EMCR Award: Jeroen Aeles, The University of Queensland
Title: Motor unit discharge properties of m. flexor hallucis brevis
2018
Conference: ABC11, Auckland, New Zealand
Student Award: Scott Starkey, University of Melbourne
Title: Effect of neuromuscular exercise on joint contact forces in people following partial meniscectomy: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial
EMCR Award: Claudio Pizzolato, Griffith University
Title: Combined EMG-informed neuromusculoskeletal and surrogates of finite element models estimate localised Achilles tendon strain in real-time
Conference: WCB 2018, Dublin, Ireland
Student Award: Carina Blaker, University of Sydney
Title: Preclinical models of post-traumatic osteoarthritis: biomechanical and pathological comparisons of two ACL injury models
EMCR Award: Bart Bolsterlee, Neuroscience Research Australia
Title: Three-dimensional architecture of the whole human soleus muscle in vivo
2017
Conference: ISB 2017, Brisbane, Australia
Student Award: Elyse Passmore, University of Melbourne
Title: Do lower-limb torsional deformities have similar effects on muscle and joint function during gait in typically-developing children and children with cerebral palsy
EMCR Award: Gillian Weir, University of Massachusetts
Title: Running and stopping in sport: implications for injury
2016
Conference: ABC10, Melbourne, Victoria
Student Award: Carina Blaker, University of Sydney
Title: Knee injury mechanisms differentially affect biomechanics and osteoarthritis development in mice
Student Award: Joanna Ng, The University of New South Wales
Title: Characterisation of compression sleeve material properties for lymphoedema treatment
Conference: ASB 2016, Raleigh, USA
Student Award: Logan Wade, The University of Queensland
Title: Effect of jump height vs bodyweight on lower limb joint work distribution with increasing work demands
2015
Conference: SMA 2015, Gold Coast, Australia
Student Award: Gillian Weir, The University of Western Australia
Title: Injury prevention and athletic performance are not mutually exclusive: An anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention training program
Conference: ISB 2015, Glasgow, Scotland
Student Award: Brent Raiteri, The University of Queensland
Title: Feasibility and reliability of three-dimensional ultrasound for measuring tibialis anterior muscle deformation during isometric contractions
EMCR Award: Bart Bolsterlee, Neuroscience Research Australia
Title: Accuracy of ultrasound measurements of human medial gastrocnemius muscle architecture
2014
Conference: WCB 2014, Boston, USA
Student Award: Adrian Lai, The University of Melbourne
Title: Tendon elastic strain energy in the human ankle plantar-flexors and its role with increased running speed
Student Award: Brent Raiteri, The University of Queensland
Title: Muscle co-contraction during isometric plantar flexion and dorsiflexion
2013
Conference: SMA 2013, Phuket, Thailand
Student Award: Luke Kelly, The University of Queensland
Title: Dynamic function of the plantar intrinsic foot muscles during walking and running
2012
Conference: SMA 2012, Sydney, Australia
Student Award: Kerry Mann, Charles Sturt University
Conference: ISBS 2012, Melbourne, Australia
Student Award: Danny Wells, The University of Queensland
Title: Assessing the accuracy of inverse kinematics in Opensim to estimate elbow flexion-extension during cricket bowling: maintaining the rigid linked assumption
2011
Conference: ABC8, Canberra, Australia
Student Award: Fausto Panizzolo, University of Western Australia
Student Award: Alycia Fong Yan, The University of Sydney
Conference: ISB 2011, Brussels, Belgium
Student Award: Ben Hoffman, The University of Queensland
Title: The effect of a more appropriate muscle model on the shape of triceps surae length-tension curves in man
Student Award: Lee Barber, Griffith University
Title: Passive mechanical properties of the medial gastrocnemius muscle in young adults with cerebral palsy
2010
Conference: SMA 2010, Port Douglas, Australia
Student Award: Ben Hoffman, The University of Queensland
Title: The effect of varying musculotendinous length on the construction of triceps surae length-tension curves
Student Award: John Whitting, University of Wollongong
Title: Different measures of plantar-flexor flexibility and their effects on landing technique: implications for injury
2018
Title: Muscle-tendon length and force affect human tibialis anterior central aponeurosis stiffness in vivo
Authors: Brent Raiteri, Andrew Cresswell, Glen Lichtwark
Affiliation: The University of Queensland, Ruhr-University Bochum
Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, April 3, 2018, 115 (14), E3097-E3105
Article Link: https://www.pnas.org/content/115/14/E3097
2017
Title: How does passive lengthening change the architecture of the human medial gastrocnemius muscle?
Authors: Bart Bolsterlee, Arkiev D’Souza, Simon Gandevia, Robert Herbert
Affiliation: Neuroscience Research Australia, University of New South Wales
Journal: Journal of Applied Physiology, April 1, 2017, 122 (4), pp. 727-38
Article Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28104754
2016
Title: Tibiofemoral contact forces in the anterior cruciate ligament-reconstructed knee
Authors: David Saxby, Adam Bryant, Luca Modenese, Pauline Gerus, Bryce Killen, Jason Konrath, Karine Fortin, Tim Wrigley, Kim Bennell, Flavia Cicuttini, Christopher Vertullo, Julian Feller, Tim Whitehead, Price Gallie, David Lloyd
Affiliation: Griffith University
Journal: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Nov, 2016, 48 (11), pp. 2195-2206
Article Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27337173
2015
Title: CEINMS: A toolbox to investigate the influence of different neural control solutions on the prediction of muscle excitation and joint moments during dynamic motor tasks
Authors: Claudio Pizzolato, David Lloyd, Massimo Sartori, Elena Ceseracciu, Thor Besier,
Benjamin Fregly, Monica Reggiani
Affiliation: Griffith University
Journal: Journal of Biomechanics, Nov 5, 2015, 48 (14), pp. 3929-3936
Article Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26522621
