Rakié Cham and Mark Redfern Named ASB Fellows

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Two faculty members at the University of Pittsburgh are being formally recognized by a society that from the beginning helped support their careers in biomechanics. 

Rakié Cham and Mark Redfern, professors of bioengineering at the Swanson School of Engineering, have been named 2025 Fellows of the American Society of Biomechanics (ASB). The society has been influential throughout both Cham and Redfern’s careers — as a graduate student, Redfern’s first professional society meeting was with ASB. Cham also joined the group early in her career and served as President-Elect (2021-2022), President (2022-2023), and Past-President (2023-2024). 

“The American Society of Biomechanics was the first professional society that I joined, so it's very special to me.” Cham said. “I worked with a lot of great people when I was president, and I feel so humbled and honored to be recognized by my peers in this way.” 

ASB Fellows play an essential role in advancing the society’s dual mission of fostering the exchange of ideas among biomechanists and facilitating the development of biomechanics as a basic and applied science, especially for students. The 2025 Class of Fellows will be formally recognized at the American Society for Biomechanics Annual Conference, August 13-16 at David L. Lawrence Convention Center, in Pittsburgh, PA. 

“ASB has always been a really inspiring society for me. It's sort of my ‘home society,’ and to be a fellow in your home society is something special.” Redfern said. “I look up to so many of the current fellows who have helped shape my career, so to be among them now is really quite an honor.”