Beth Winkelstein

Beth A. Winkelstein
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania (BS)
Duke University (PhD)
ThesisA mechanical basis for whiplash injury: the cervical facet joint, spinal motion segment, and combined loading (1999)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania
Main interestsMechanisms of pain, treatments for pain and injuries, biomechanics, mechanotransduction

Beth Ann Winkelstein is the Deputy Provost and the Eduardo D. Glandt President’s Distinguished Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Winkelstein has established an active research program that is recognized for elucidating the mechanisms of subfailure cervical spine injuries and the cellular events surrounding the etiology of chronic pain.