Special Issue: Honoring the Editorial Accomplishments of Beth Winkelstein and Victor Barocas

Abstract

In this special issue, we commemorate the near-decade-long service of JBME coeditors Drs. Beth Winkelstein and Victor Barocas. Both Beth and Victor, each ASME and Biomedical Engineering Society fellows, have been leaders in the field of biomechanics for decades. Beth has been a pioneer in the field of injury biomechanics, in particular at its intersection with spine and neck pain. Victor has made significant contributions to soft tissue biomechanics across a variety of biological systems, particularly in terms of computational multiscale mechanical models of fiber networks. They have each received numerous awards and accolades from national and international organizations for the quality of their work, but perhaps their greatest impact has been through their mentorship and support of the next generation of scientists and engineers, both in their own research laboratories and through their many service roles. As two former trainees of Beth and Victor, we each have tremendous gratitude for the mentorship and guidance that they have provided us. Along with dozens of their current and former trainees, our growth and career successes are a product of the time and energy that they have invested in us over the years.