Beth A. Winkelstein
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs,
Office of the Provost
Professor,
Bioengineering
Research Focus
mechanisms of bodily injury and pain – especially injuries from sports, automobile accidents, and/or degenerative diseases
About
Winkelstein joins Northeastern from the University of Pennsylvania, where she serves as deputy provost and the Eduardo D. Glandt President’s Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering and Neurosurgery. Her pioneering interdisciplinary research focuses on the mechanisms of bodily injury and pain – especially injuries from sports, automobile accidents, and/or degenerative diseases – and has been continuously supported by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Defense, among many others, including a Presidential Early Career Award from the NSF. She is a global leader in research into orthopaedic and musculoskeletal disorders, including developing innovative new pharmacological treatments and biomedical devices to treat pain.
Winkelstein is the author of Orthopaedic Biomechanics (2012) and has published more than 175 papers and book chapters. She served as editor of the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering from 2012 to 2020 and currently serves as Chair of the Board of Editors of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and an Executive Committee Member of the World Council on Biomechanics. She is a Fellow and former member of the Board of Directors of the Biomedical Engineering Society and a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, which has recognized her groundbreaking research with its Van C. Mow Medal and Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award.
Education
- PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, 1999
- BSE, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1993
Honors & Awards
- 2014 Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
- 2013 Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
- 2012 Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- 2006 Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award, ASME
- 2006 NSF CAREER Award
- 2002 NIH Research Career Award
Research Overview
mechanisms of bodily injury and pain – especially injuries from sports, automobile accidents, and/or degenerative diseases
Aug 19, 2025
New Faculty Spotlight: Beth A. Winkelstein
Beth A. Winkelstein joins Northeastern University in August 2025 as Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and as a professor in bioengineering.