{{short description|American bioengineer and scholar}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = Beth A. Winkelstein | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | region = | nationality = | citizenship = | residence = | other_names = | occupation = | period = | known_for = | home_town = | title = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = | website = | education = University of Pennsylvania (BS)<br> Duke University (PhD) | alma_mater = | thesis_title = A mechanical basis for whiplash injury: the cervical facet joint, spinal motion segment, and combined loading | thesis_url = {{URL| www.proquest.com/docview/304530642}} | thesis_year = 1999 | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | era = | discipline = | sub_discipline = | workplaces = University of Pennsylvania | doctoral_students = <!--only those with WP articles--> | notable_students = <!--only those with WP articles--> | fields = Mechanisms of pain, treatments for pain and injuries, biomechanics, mechanotransduction | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | footnotes = }}
'''Beth Ann Winkelstein''' is an American bioengineer. Until May, 2026, she was the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Northeastern University.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evangelist |first=Madison |date=2026-05-29 |title=BREAKING: Beth Winkelstein vacates role of provost |url=https://huntnewsnu.com/93265/primary-homepage/breaking-beth-winkelstein-vacates-role-of-provost/ |access-date=2026-06-01 |website=The Huntington News}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Winkelstein received her B.S. in bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993. She then obtained her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Duke University in 1999. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Dartmouth College, she joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Kyle Leigh Avery |title=Van C. Mow Medal Presented to Beth A. Winkelstein, PhD |url=https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/van-mow-medal-presented-beth-winkelstein-phd |website=asme.org |accessdate=November 10, 2019 |date=January 28, 2016}}</ref>
==Career== Winkelstein joined the University of Pennsylvania faculty in 2002 and received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor in 2007. She earned a promotion to Full Professor in 2011 and became the Bioengineering Graduate Group Chair.<ref name = "x">{{cite web |title=Winkelstein Appointed Eduardo D. Glandt President's Distinguished Professor |url=https://beblog.seas.upenn.edu/beth-winkelstein-glandt-professor/ |website=beblog.seas.upenn.edu |accessdate=November 10, 2019 |date=May 2, 2018}}</ref> She was also chosen to edit "''Orthopaedic Biomechanics.''"<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Nathan C Tiedeken |author2=Solomon P. Samuel |title=Review of "orthopaedic biomechanics" edited by Beth A. Winkelstein |journal=Biomed Eng Online |date=2013 |volume=12 |issue=34 |pages=34 |doi=10.1186/1475-925X-12-34 |doi-access=free |pmc=3646704 }}</ref> In 2006, Winkelstein was recognized by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers with the Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award for her research in Bioengineering and demonstration of potential to make substantial contributions to the field of Bioengineering.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Y.C. Fung Early Career Award |url=https://www.asme.org/About-ASME/Honors-Awards/Achievement-Awards/Y-C-Fung-Young-Investigator-Award |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=www.asme.org |language=en}}</ref> By 2015, Winkelstein was appointed vice provost for education at UPenn<ref>{{cite web |last1=Charney |first1=Leo |title=Beth Winkelstein Appointed Penn Vice Provost for Education |url=https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/beth-winkelstein-appointed-penn-vice-provost-education |website=penntoday.upenn.edu/ |accessdate=November 10, 2019 |date=May 13, 2015}}</ref> and was elected to sit on the Biomedical Engineering Society Board of Directors.<ref>{{cite web |title=BMES Officers |url=https://www.bmes.org/files/BMES%20Program%20Book_FINAL_nomarks.pdf |website=bmes.org |accessdate=November 10, 2019 |date=2018 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
Winkelstein has led a large multi-disciplinary research program that uses experimental biomechanical measures of fracture and injury to study problems of importance in head, neck, spine and TMJ injury. Winkelstein has been honored for her contributions to the scientific literature with an NIH Research Career Award in 2002, a Whitaker Foundation Young Investigator Research Award in 2003, an NSF Career Award in 2006,<ref>{{Cite web |title=NSF Award Search: Award # 0547451 - CAREER: Biomechanics of Neck Pain: Does Form Dictate Function? |url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0547451 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=www.nsf.gov}}</ref> and the Van C. Mow Medal.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 26, 2016 |title=Beth Winkelstein: 2016 ASME Van C. Mow Medal |url=https://almanac.upenn.edu/articles/beth-winkelstein-2016-asme-van-c.-mow-medal |website=almanac.upenn.edu |accessdate=November 10, 2019}}</ref>
Winkelstein served as Co-Editor in Chief of the ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering from 2012-2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Journals Publications - Journal of Biomechanical Engineering |url=https://journaltool.asme.org/home/Mastheads.cfm?JournalID=2 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=journaltool.asme.org}}</ref>
She was honored with election to Fellow of ASME in 2012, Fellow AIMBE in 2013, and Fellow BMES in 2014.
In 2018, Winkelstein was elected as a councilor to the World Council of Biomechanics, for which she has been a Session or Track Chair for World Congress of Biomechanics in 2022 and 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WCB 2022 |url=https://www.wcb2022.com/programSpk_TrackChair.asp |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=www.wcb2022.com |language=zh-tw}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Winkelstein Named to World Council of Biomechanics |url=https://beblog.seas.upenn.edu/winkelstein-wcb/ |website=beblog.seas.upenn.edu |accessdate=November 10, 2019 |date=May 24, 2018}}</ref> Later, she was appointed the Eduardo D. Glandt President's Distinguished Professor<ref name="x" /> and Interim Provost.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Charlton|first=Jonah|title=Provost Wendell Pritchett to take leave of absence through end of fall 2021 semester|url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2021/05/penn-provost-wendell-pritchett-leave-of-absence|access-date=2021-07-01|website=www.thedp.com|language=en-us}}</ref> She served as Interim Provost from July 2021 through May 2023.
==Controversies==
In 2022, a grievance signed by multiple university faculty members was submitted to the University of Pennsylvania alleging that Winkelstein violated university procedures with "arbitrary and capricious" conduct in defaming Mackenzie Fierceton, one of the university's own students.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Aviv |first=Rachel |date=March 28, 2022 |title=How an Ivy League School Turned Against a Student |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/04/04/mackenzie-fierceton-rhodes-scholarship-university-of-pennsylvania |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=March 29, 2022}}</ref>
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