Education, Research and Standards

The Education Committee is responsible for the solicitation and selection of instructional courses offered at the annual Society meeting. They are also responsible for the evaluation of the the annual meeting, and other educational endeavors undertaken by the Society. The current Chair of the Education Committee is Vassilios Vardaxis, Ph.D.

The Research Committee currently serves in an ad-hoc capacity. The current chair of the Research Committee is Tishya Wren, Ph.D.

The Standards Committee is responsible for the development of standardized methods in clinical movement analysis including all aspects of data acquisition, reduction, utilization, interpretation, presentation, and communication. They also coordinate the use of the SAMSA (Standard Assessment of Motion System Accuracy) device. The current Chair of the Standards Committee is Howard Hillstrom, Ph.D.