Annegret Mündermann

University of Basel

Dr. Annegret Mündermann received a graduate degree in Mathematics and Sports Sciences from Universität Konstanz, Germany, and her Ph.D. in Medical Science/Biomechanics from the University of Calgary, Canada, where she was awarded the Chancellor’s Graduate Medal for her dissertation. In 2003, Dr. Mündermann started focusing her research on osteoarthritis at Stanford University, USA, and in New Zealand where she held a research fellow position at the University of Otago. In 2010, she received her Venia Legendi (Habilitation) in Movement Science at Universität Konstanz, Germany, and in 2016 her Venia Docenti (Umhabilitation) in Sports Science at the University of Basel, Switzerland. in 2018, Dr. Mündermann received the title of a Professorship at the University of Basel, Switzerland. She is the Research Director Functional Biomechanics at the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology at the University Hospital Basel in 2012 and holds adjunct appointmens at the Department of Clinical Research and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Basel where she is the Scientific Lead of the new CADENCE Core Facility. She has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, andh her research has been funded by national funding agencies. Dr. Mündermann is a board member of the Germany Society of Biomechanics and a member of several international research societies. She has been a member of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) since 2021 and currently serves on the Awards and Nomination Committee and on the Research and Training committee.