Scientific Board
The main function of the WVWS scientific board is to ensure research quality.
- We will advice WVWS on the focus of the research that WVWS will support financially while also ensuring that projects that are initiated will be carried out properly. In addition, the members of the scientific board will contribute with suggestions for advanced further training in relevant areas of research – as well as stepping in as lecturers, says Bengt Saltin, chairman of the board.
Bengt Saltin plays an active part in selecting the members of the scientific board.
- It is important that each member has high and internationally recognised scientific qualifications and is active in research. Additionally, the members of the scientific board must cover the relevant areas of sport research. It is also crucial that the members know sport. We are very pleased with the constitution of people we have managed to put together, says Bengt.
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Members of the scientific board:
Bengt Saltin (chairman) - Professor, physiology, Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre
Elisabeth Arendt - Professor, Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, University of Minnesota
Jens Bangsbo - Professor, Sport Science, University of Copenhagen
Louise Burke - Professor, Head of Sports nutrition, Australian Institute of Sports, Canberra
Joan Duda - Professor, Sports Psychology, University of Birmingham
Lars Engebretsen - Professor Orthodpaedics, Oslo universitetssykehus, IOC Science director
Astrid Junge - PhD, FIFA Medical Assessment and Research Centre
Angélica Lindén Hirschberg - Professor,Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Women's and Children's Health , Karolinska Institutet
Lynn Snyder Mackler - Professor, physical therapy, University of Delaware
Gertrud Pfister - Professor, Institute for Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Copenhagen