Speaker: William Marras, CPE, Ph.D., Professor, Spine Research Institute, The Ohio State University
Marras is the executive director & scientific director of the Spine Research Institute, the executive director of the Center for Occupational Health in Automotive Manufacturing and the executive director of the Institute for Ergonomics. He is the Honda Chair Professor in the Department of Integrated Systems Engineering at The Ohio State University and holds joint appointments in the departments of orthopedic Surgery, physical medicine, and neurosurgery. His research is centered on understanding the role of biomechanics in spine disorder causation and its role in the prevention, evaluation, and treatment of spine disorders. His findings have been published in more than 250 peer-reviewed journal articles and have been cited more than 12,000 times. Marras’ work has attracted national as well as international recognition. He is a two-time winner of the prestigious Swedish Volvo Award for Low Back Pain Research, has won Austria's Vienna Award for Physical Medicine, the Liberty Mutual Prize for Injury Prevention Research, and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Waterloo for his work on the biomechanics of low back disorders. He has been elected fellow in six professional societies including the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering. He has also served as chair for numerous National Research Council committees and boards including The Committee on Human Factors, the Committee on Human Systems Integration, and the Board on Human Systems Integration.
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