John H. Bolte IV, PhD

Director, Injury Biomechanics Research Center
Professor, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Research Focus: 

• Human Injury Tolerance
• Mechanisms of Injury
• Car Crash Safety
• Occupant Safety - Pediatric and Elderly Persons

Publications: Research Gate, Google Scholar
Email: john.bolte@osumc.edu

Amanda M. Agnew, PhD

Director, Skeletal Biology Research Laboratory
Professor, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Research Focus: 

• Fracture Mechanisms & Risk in the Context of Bone Quality
• Functional Anatomy & Biomechanics
• Skeletal Histomorphometry and Human Variation, Especially Changes During Growth & Aging
• Bioarchaeology of Medieval Poland

Publications: Research Gate, Google Scholar
Email: amanda.agnew@osumc.edu

 Yun Seok Kang, PhD

Director, Injury Biomechanics Research Laboratory
Associate Professor, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Research Focus:

• Human Injury Risk & Mechanisms
• ATD Development & Biofidelity Evaluation
• Multibody Kinematics & Dynamics
• Finite Element Modeling

Publications: Research Gate, Google Scholar
Email: yunseok.kang@osumc.edu

 Julie A. Mansfield (Bing), PhD

Site Director, Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies
Research Assistant Professor, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Research Focus:

• Pediatric Injury Biomechanics
• Child Restraint System (CRS) Performance
• CRS Usability and Compatibility
• Child Passenger Safety Outreach/Education

Publications: Research Gate, Google Scholar
Email: julie.mansfield@osumc.edu

Randee Hunter, PhD

Assistant Professor - Clinical, Division of Radiologic Sciences and Therapy

Research Focus:

• Skeletal Biology/Bone Quality
• Human Skeletal Variation
• Imaging
• Histomorphometry
• Anatomy

Publications: Research Gate, Google Scholar
Email: randee.hunter@osumc.edu

Angela L. Harden, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Research Focus:

• Forensic Anthropology
• Skeletal Trauma
• Assessment of Injury Severity
• Human Anatomy and Osteology

Publications: Research Gate, Google Scholar
Email: angela.harden2@osumc.edu

Staff

Gretchen Baker, PhD

Research Scientist, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

• BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Kansas, 2016
• MS, Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2020
• PhD, Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2022

Research Focus:

• Pediatric Injury Biomechanics
• Child Restraint System (CRS) Performance
• Vehicle Occupant Posture and Seat Belt Fit

Publications: Research Gate
Email: Gretchen.Baker@osumc.edu

Mary Elizabeth Cole, PhD

• B.S., Biological Sciences, B.A., Cultural Anthropology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2012
• M.A., Anthropology, The Ohio State University, 2014
• Ph.D., Anthropology, The Ohio State University, 2019

Research Focus:

• Bone Tissue Histomorphometry
• Age-Associated Bone Loss
• 3D Microscopic Imaging
• Image Processing Automation

Publications: Research Gate, Google Scholar
Email: Mary.Cole@osumc.edu

Angela Tesny, PhD

Post-Doctoral Researcher, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

• BS, Mechanical Engineering, Ohio Northern University, 2017
• MS, Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2021
• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2022

Research Focus:

• Head and Brain Biomechanics
• Vehicle Occupant Safety
• Human Injury Mechanisms

Publications: Research Gate
Email: Angela.Tesny@osumc.edu

Alex Bendig, M.S.

Research Engineer

• BS, Biomedical Engineering, Ohio State University, 2016
  MS, Biomedical Engineering, Ohio State University, 2020

Publications: Research Gate
Email: alexander.bendig@osumc.edu

Michelle Whitmer

Lab Service Coordinator
Michelle.Whitmer@osumc.edu

Angelo Marcallini, B.S.

Research Engineer

• BS, Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2021

Research Focus

• Data Acquisition Systems
• Human Injury Biomechanics
• Lower Extremity Measurement and Analysis

Email: angelo.marcallini@osumc.edu