Annegret Mündermann

Annegret Mündermann is a German researcher at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Basel. She is a full professor in the field of Regenerative Medicine & Biomechanics.[1]

Her main research focus lies in the impact of biomechanics in the development and progression of osteoarthritis and the accompanying diagnosis and treatment of the musculoskeletal system.[2]

She is a member of various national and international societies in the fields of biomechanics and osteoarthritis, including the International Society of Biomechanics, European Society of Biomechanics, the German Society of Clinical Movement Science and the Society of Traumatology and Orthopaedics in Sports.[3][4] Further, she is a board member of the German Society of Biomechanics (DGfB), where she also served as Secretary General and she is part of the Board Nominating Committee, Award and Nomination Committee, Research and Training Committee of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) since 2023.[4]

Academic career

After she studied sports and mathematics at the University of Konstanz, she completed here PhD at the University of Calgary in Medical Science/ Biomechanics.[4] After stations in the USA, Canada and New Zealand, she got her habilitation (Venia Legendi) from the University of Konstanz, where she worked as a PD until 2016. In this year, she was re-habiliitated to the University of Basel (Venia Docendi). Since 2018 she holds a adjunct professorship at the medical faculty of the University of Basel. Since 2025 she is the chair of research at the Schulthess Klinik.[4]

Scientific impact

With over 400 peer-reviewed articles, an h-index of 42 and over 10.000 citations, she has a major impact on the communities in her fields of research.[4]

Prizes and awards

Mündermann won various awards and was rewarded for her research, her presentations, as well as her overall work:

  • In 1992 , she won the Aesculap Award (Aesculap AG & Co. KG).[4]
  • In 2003, she was the runner up for the Young Investigator Award of the Technical Group on Footwear Biomechanics from the International Society of Biomechanics and the Clinical Biomechanics Award from the American Society of Biomechanics.[4]
  • in 2003 she won the Governor General's Gold Medal Award (Best PhD Thesis) at the Department of Medical Science of the University of Calgary.[4]
  • In 2005 she won the 3rd Price from the Promising Young Investigator Award of the International Society of Biomechanics.[4]
  • In 2006, she was again runner up for the Clinical Biomechanics Award of the American Society of Biomechanics.[4]
  • In 2007, she again won the 3rd Price from the Promising Young Investigator Award of the International Society of Biomechanics and was Featured Female Scientist of the American Society of Biomechanics.[4]
  • In 2014, she won the Best Paper Award from the German Society of Biomechanics.[5]
  • in 2015, she was runner up for the Maurice E. Müller Award (Swiss Orthopaedics).[4][5]
  • In 2023, she was runner up for the Best Presentation Award at the DJO GLOBAL from the Society of Traumatology and Orthopaedics in Sports (GOTS), Runner up.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Research Group Annegret Mündermann". universe.unibas.ch. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  2. ^ "Prof. Dr. Annegret Mündermann". sciprofiles.com. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology University Hospital Basel Basel Switzerland. Archived from the original on 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  3. ^ SciProfiles.com (27 July 2025). "Prof. Dr. Annegret Mündermann". SciProfiles.com. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Prof. Dr. habil. Annegret Mündermann, PhD". www.schulthess-klinik.ch (in German). Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  5. ^ a b c "News | Department of Biomedical Engineering | University of Basel". dbe.unibas.ch. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
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