Barry S. Myers | Scholars@Duke

Barry S. Myers
Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Myers has been a member of the Duke faculty since 1991 and has just completed a three-year role as Managing Director of Licensing and Ventures. His research examines the biomechanics of head and neck injury with the goal of injury prevention. Dr. Myers founded and directs the Coulter Foundation Translational Partnership Program at Duke that provides $1 MM in early stage funding and management to faculty health care innovations annually with a goal of licensing and creating new life science start-up companies. He is also Director of Innovation in the newly formed Duke CTSI where he is responsible for the consult service that provides funding and project management support to faculty translational research projects in the Duke Medical Center. Dr. Myers created and leads a national translational research fund intended to reduce injuries in professional football (https://www.playsmartplaysafe.com/headhealthtech/). Taken together he oversees over $3,000,000/year in funding for life science projects. He also maintains an active consulting practice including the NFL-PA and NASCAR while serving as an Executive-in-Residence at Pappas Ventures advising several start-up companies.

Dr. Myers is considered by many as the preeminent researcher in his field worldwide, having over 100 manuscripts and publications on the subject. Among Dr. Myers many honors are the Stapp Award of Recognition, and the Isbrandt Award for automotive safety from the Society of Automotive Engineers. He is the six-time winner of the Stapp Award for research in impact biomechanics, more than any other individual, and also the Bertil Aldman award for impact biomechanics research. Dr. Myers has worked with all major organizations concerned with safety in the United States including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment. Because of his breadth of experience in injury prevention, Dr. Myers was appointed to the position of Senior Scientific Advisor to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control for two years. He has also consulted with most major automobile manufactures and automotive racing organizations worldwide.

Dr. Myers is a Distinguished Professor at Duke University, having received the Bass Chair in recognition of his accomplishments in research and teaching. He is the faculty advisor to four student best graduate student paper competition winners at national meetings. He was responsible for the 2004 revision of the Pratt School of Engineering undergraduate curriculum. He has served as Director of Undergraduate Studies and Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He has also served as Senior Associate Dean for Industrial Partnerships and the Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization in the Pratt School of Engineering.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2003
Core Faculty in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Initiatives 2018
Bass Fellow, Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2008

Contact Information

267 Hudson Hall Annex, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90083, Durham, NC 27708
bsm@dm.duke.edu (919) 660-5150
Duke Coulter Translational Partnership
Google Scholar
http://biomechanics.bme.duke.edu

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.B.A., Duke University 2004
- M.D., Duke University School of Medicine 1991
- Ph.D., Duke University 1991
- B.S., University of Toronto (Canada) 1985
Duke Appointment History
- Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University 2013 - 2014
- Senior Associate Dean for Industrial Partnerships and Research Commercialization, Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2009 - 2010
- Associate Professor in Surgery, Surgery, Clinical Science Departments 2000 - 2004
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 1997 - 2002
- Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Basic Science Departments, School of Medicine 1996 - 2001
- Assistant Professor in Surgery, Surgery, Clinical Science Departments 1995 - 1998
- Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 1991 - 1997
- Assistant Research Professor, Surgery, Clinical Science Departments 1991 - 1995
- Assistant Research Professor of Orthopaedics in the Department of Surgery, Surgery, Clinical Science Departments 1994 - 1995
- Assistant Research Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 1991
Recognition
In the News
- SEP 12, 2017 Duke Clinical & Translational Science Institute
  
  Shedding light on cancer
Awards & Honors
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - United States of America (Country)
- Research
  - United States of America (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Advanced Technology Evaluation Program awarded by Football Research, Inc. 2016 - 2021
- Immunolight 2018 Renewal - Amend 14 awarded by Immunolight, LLC 2014 - 2019
- Duke CTSA (UL1) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2018
- Small molecule targeting of dual TRP channels to attenuate inflammation and fibrosis awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center 2016 - 2017
- Request for funding for research on opportunities for entrepreneurs in the exponential era awarded by Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation 2014
- Mechanical Characterization of the Pediatric Head and Spine awarded by Department of Transportation 2008 - 2013
- Training in Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering awarded by National Institutes of Health 2003 - 2009
- The Mechanical Responses of Human Cervical Spines and Mechanical Neck awarded by Department of Transportation 1999 - 2008
- Biomechanical Aspects of Spinal Trauma awarded by Centers for Disease Control 1987 - 2000
- (96-0635) Biomechanical Aspects of Spinal Trauma awarded by Centers for Disease Control 1996 - 1999
- (97-0991) Biomechanical Aspects of Spinal Trauma awarded by National Institutes of Health 1987 - 1999
- (98-0468) Experimental Characterization of Cervical Impact Injury awarded by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1998 - 1999
- Claude D Pepper Older Americans Independence Center awarded by National Institutes of Health 1992 - 1999
- (93-0083) Experimental Characterization of Cervical Impact Injury: Geometry, Structural Responses and the Influence of t awarded by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1994 - 1999
- (97-0808) Experimental Characterization of Cervical Impact Injury awarded by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1994 - 1999
- (98-0040) Experimental Characterization of Cervical Impact Injury awarded by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1994 - 1999
- (97-0410) Experimental Characterization of Cervical Impact Injury awarded by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1993 - 1998
- (95-0792) Experimental Characterization of Cervical Impact Injury awarded by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1993 - 1997
- (96-0650) Experimental Characterization of Cervical Impact Injury awarded by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1993 - 1997
- Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center awarded by National Institutes of Health 1993 - 1997
- Claude D. Pepper Older American Independence Centers awarded by National Institutes of Health 1992 - 1997
- (95-0891) Collaborative Study of Aging in the US and Australia awarded by National Institute on Aging 1991 - 1996
- (93-0179) Biomechanical Aspects for Spinal Trauma awarded by Centers for Disease Control 1987 - 1996
- (94-0774) Biomechanical Aspects of Spinal Trauma awarded by Centers for Disease Control 1987 - 1996
- (95-0820) Biomechanical Aspects of Spinal Trauma awarded by Centers for Disease Control 1987 - 1996
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Nightingale, RW, Myers, BS, and Yoganandan, N. Neck injury biomechanics. January 1, 2015. Full Text
- Academic Articles
  - Nightingale, RW, Bass, CR, and Myers, BS. "On the relative importance of bending and compression in cervical spine bilateral facet dislocation." Clinical Biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) (March 8, 2018). Full Text
  - Loyd, AM, Nightingale, RW, Luck, JF, Song, Y, Fronheiser, L, Cutcliffe, H, Myers, BS, and Dale Bass, CR. "The compressive stiffness of human pediatric heads." Journal of Biomechanics 48, no. 14 (November 2015): 3766-3775. Full Text
  - Adamski, KN, Loyd, AM, Samost, A, Myers, B, Nightingale, R, Smith, K, and ‘Dale’ Bass, CR. "Pediatric Coronal Suture Fiber Alignment and the Effect of Interdigitation on Coronal Suture Mechanical Properties." Annals of Biomedical Engineering 43, no. 9 (September 29, 2015): 2101-2111. Full Text
  - Adamski, KN, Loyd, AM, Samost, A, Myers, B, Nightingale, R, Smith, K, and 'Dale' Bass, CR. "Pediatric Coronal Suture Fiber Alignment and the Effect of Interdigitation on Coronal Suture Mechanical Properties." Annals of biomedical engineering 43, no. 9 (September 2015): 2101-2111. Full Text
  - Loyd, AM, Nightingale, RW, Song, Y, Luck, JF, Cutcliffe, H, Myers, BS, and Bass, CD. "The response of the adult and ATD heads to impacts onto a rigid surface." Accident; Analysis and Prevention 72 (November 2014): 219-229. Full Text
  - Dibb, AT, Cutcliffe, HC, Luck, JF, Cox, CA, Myers, BS, Bass, CR, Arbogast, KB, Seacrist, T, and Nightingale, RW. "Pediatric head and neck dynamics in frontal impact: analysis of important mechanical factors and proposed neck performance corridors for 6- and 10-year-old ATDs." Traffic Injury Prevention 15, no. 4 (January 2014): 386-394. Full Text
  - Lee, C, Loyd, AM, Nightingale, R, Myers, BS, Damon, A, and Bass, CR. "Three-dimensional adult male head and skull contours." Traffic injury prevention 15, no. 4 (January 2014): 402-406. Full Text
  - Wood, GW, Panzer, MB, Shridharani, JK, Matthews, KA, Capehart, BP, Myers, BS, and Bass, CR. "Attenuation of blast pressure behind ballistic protective vests." Inj Prev 19, no. 1 (February 2013): 19-25. Full Text Link to Item
  - Dibb, AT, Cox, CA, Nightingale, RW, Luck, JF, Cutcliffe, HC, Myers, BS, Arbogast, KB, Seacrist, T, and Bass, CR. "Importance of muscle activations for biofidelic pediatric neck response in computational models." Traffic Injury Prevention 14 Suppl (January 2013): S116-S127. Full Text
  - Luck, JF, Nightingale, RW, Song, Y, Kait, JR, Loyd, AM, Myers, BS, and Bass, CRD. "Tensile failure properties of the perinatal, neonatal, and pediatric cadaveric cervical spine." Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 38, no. 1 (January 1, 2013): E1-12. Full Text Link to Item
  - Luck, JF, Nightingale, RW, Song, Y, Kait, JR, Loyd, AM, Myers, BS, and Bass, CRD. "Tensile failure properties of the perinatal, neonatal, and pediatric cadaveric cervical spine." Spine 38, no. 1 (2013): E1-E12. Full Text
  - Panzer, MB, Myers, BS, and Bass, CR. "Mesh considerations for finite element blast modelling in biomechanics." Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 16, no. 6 (2013): 612-621. Full Text Link to Item
  - Loyd, AM, Nightingale, RW, Song, Y, Luck, JF, Cutcliffe, H, Myers, BS, and Bass, CD. "Impact properties of adult and ATD heads." 2012 Ircobi Conference Proceedings International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury (October 29, 2012): 552-564.
  - Davis, MT, Loyd, AM, Shen, H-YH, Mulroy, MH, Nightingale, RW, Myers, BS, and Bass, CD. "The mechanical and morphological properties of 6 year-old cranial bone." J Biomech 45, no. 15 (October 11, 2012): 2493-2498. Full Text Link to Item
  - Panzer, MB, Myers, BS, Capehart, BP, and Bass, CR. "Development of a finite element model for blast brain injury and the effects of CSF cavitation." Annals of Biomedical Engineering 40, no. 7 (July 2012): 1530-1544. Full Text
  - Mulroy, MH, Loyd, AM, Frush, DP, Verla, TG, Myers, BS, and Bass, CRD. "Evaluation of pediatric skull fracture imaging techniques." Forensic Sci Int 214, no. 1-3 (January 10, 2012): 167-172. Full Text Link to Item
  - Wood, GW, Panzer, MB, Shridharani, JK, Matthews, KA, Capehart, BP, Myers, BS, and Bass, CR. "Attenuation of blast pressure behind ballistic protective vests." Injury Prevention 19, no. 1 (2012): 19-25. Full Text
  - Loyd, AM, Nightingale, R, Bass, CR, Mertz, HJ, Frush, D, Daniel, C, Lee, C, Marcus, JR, Mukundan, S, and Myers, BS. "Pediatric head contours and inertial properties for ATD design." Stapp Car Crash J 54 (November 2010): 167-196. Link to Item
  - Wood, GW, Panzer, MB, Bass, CR, and Myers, BS. "Viscoelastic properties of Hybrid III head skin." Sae International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing 3, no. 1 (August 1, 2010): 186-193. Full Text
  - Wood, GW, Panzer, MB, Bass, CR, and Myers, BS. "Viscoelastic properties of Hybrid III head skin." Sae Technical Papers (2010): 186-193. Full Text
  - Panzer, MB, Bass, CR, Salzar, RS, Pellettiere, J, and Myers, B. "Evaluation of ear-mounted sensors for determining impact head acceleration." International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury 2009 International Ircobi Conference on the Biomechanics of Injury, Proceedings (December 1, 2009): 319-322.
  - Dibb, AT, Nightingale, RW, Luck, JF, Chancey, VC, Fronheiser, LE, and Myers, BS. "Tension and combined tension-extension structural response and tolerance properties of the human male ligamentous cervical spine." J Biomech Eng 131, no. 8 (August 2009): 081008-null. Full Text Link to Item
  - Luck, JF, Nightingale, RW, Loyd, AM, Prange, MT, Dibb, AT, Song, Y, Fronheiser, L, and Myers, BS. "Tensile mechanical properties of the perinatal and pediatric PMHS osteoligamentous cervical spine." Stapp Car Crash Journal 52 (November 2008): 107-134.
  - Finan, JD, Nightingale, RW, and Myers, BS. "The influence of reduced friction on head injury metrics in helmeted head impacts." Traffic Inj Prev 9, no. 5 (October 2008): 483-488. Full Text Link to Item
  - Siegmund, GP, Davis, MB, Quinn, KP, Hines, E, Myers, BS, Ejima, S, Ono, K, Kamiji, K, Yasuki, T, and Winkelstein, BA. "Head-turned postures increase the risk of cervical facet capsule injury during whiplash." Spine 33, no. 15 (2008): 1643-1649. Full Text
  - Chancey, VC, Ottaviano, D, Myers, BS, and Nightingale, RW. "A kinematic and anthropometric study of the upper cervical spine and the occipital condyles." J Biomech 40, no. 9 (2007): 1953-1959. Full Text Link to Item
  - Nightingale, RW, Carol Chancey, V, Ottaviano, D, Luck, JF, Tran, L, Prange, M, and Myers, BS. "Flexion and extension structural properties and strengths for male cervical spine segments." J Biomech 40, no. 3 (2007): 535-542. Full Text Link to Item
  - Margulies, S, Prange, M, Myers, BS, Maltese, MR, Ji, S, Ning, X, Fisher, J, Arbogast, K, and Christian, C. "Shaken baby syndrome: A flawed biomechanical analysis." Forensic Science International 164, no. 2-3 (2006): 278-279. Full Text
  - Prange, MT, Luck, JF, Dibb, A, Van Ee, CA, Nightingale, RW, and Myers, BS. "Mechanical properties and anthropometry of the human infant head." Stapp Car Crash Journal 48 (November 2004): 279-299.
  - Nightingale, RW, Chancey, VC, Luck, JF, Tran, L, Ottaviano, D, and Myers, BS. "The human cervical spine in tension: effects of frame and fixation compliance on structural responses." Traffic Injury Prevention 5, no. 2 (June 2004): 151-155. Full Text
  - Burnett, R, Carter, J, Roberts, V, and Myers, B. "The influence of seatback characteristics on cervical injury risk in severe rear impacts." Accident Analysis and Prevention 36, no. 4 (2004): 591-601. Full Text
  - Quinlan, KP, Annest, JL, Myers, B, Ryan, G, and Hill, H. "Neck strains and sprains among motor vehicle occupants - United States, 2000." Accident Analysis and Prevention 36, no. 1 (2004): 21-27. Full Text
  - Chancey, VC, Nightingale, RW, Van Ee, CA, Knaub, KE, and Myers, BS. "Improved estimation of human neck tensile tolerance: reducing the range of reported tolerance using anthropometrically correct muscles and optimized physiologic initial conditions." Stapp Car Crash Journal 47 (October 2003): 135-153.
  - Siegmund, GP, Sanderson, DJ, Myers, BS, and Inglis, JT. "Awareness affects the response of human subjects exposed to a single whiplash-like perturbation." Spine 28, no. 7 (April 2003): 671-679. Full Text
  - Shah, AN, Pietrobon, R, Richardson, WJ, and Myers, BS. "Patterns of tumor spread and risk of fracture and epidural impingement in metastatic vertebrae." J Spinal Disord Tech 16, no. 1 (February 2003): 83-89. Link to Item
  - Siegmund, GP, Sanderson, DJ, Myers, BS, and Inglis, JT. "Rapid neck muscle adaptation alters the head kinematics of aware and unaware subjects undergoing multiple whiplash-like perturbations." Journal of Biomechanics 36, no. 4 (2003): 473-482. Full Text
  - Winkelstein, BA, and Myers, BS. "Importance of nonlinear and multivariable flexibility coefficients in the prediction of human cervical spine motion." J Biomech Eng 124, no. 5 (October 2002): 504-511. Link to Item
  - Nightingale, RW, Winkelstein, BA, Knaub, KE, Richardson, WJ, Luck, JF, and Myers, BS. "Comparative strengths and structural properties of the upper and lower cervical spine in flexion and extension." J Biomech 35, no. 6 (June 2002): 725-732. Link to Item
  - Camacho, DL, Nightingale, RW, and Myers, BS. "The influence of surface padding properties on head and neck injury risk." J Biomech Eng 123, no. 5 (October 2001): 432-439. Link to Item
  - Siegmund, GP, Myers, BS, Davis, MB, Bohnet, HF, and Winkelstein, BA. "Mechanical evidence of cervical facet capsule injury during whiplash: a cadaveric study using combined shear, compression, and extension loading." Spine 26, no. 19 (October 2001): 2095-2101. Full Text
  - Winkelstein, BA, McLendon, RE, Barbir, A, and Myers, BS. "An anatomical investigation of the human cervical facet capsule, quantifying muscle insertion area." J Anat 198, no. Pt 4 (April 2001): 455-461. Link to Item
  - Winkelstein, BA, McLendon, RE, Barbir, ANA, and Myers, BS. "An anatomical investigation of the human cervical facet capsule, quantifying muscle insertion area." Journal of Anatomy 198, no. 4 (2001): 455-461. Full Text
  - Fields, MJ, Hoshijima, K, Feng, AH, Richardson, WJ, and Myers, BS. "A biomechanical, radiologic, and clinical comparison of outcome after multilevel cervical laminectomy or laminoplasty in the rabbit." Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 25, no. 22 (November 15, 2000): 2925-2931. Link to Item
  - Winkelstein, BA, Nightingale, RW, Richardson, WJ, and Myers, BS. "The cervical facet capsule and its role in whiplash injury: a biomechanical investigation." Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 25, no. 10 (May 15, 2000): 1238-1246. Link to Item
  - Fields, MJ, Hoshijima, K, Richardson, WJ, and Myers, BS. "Clinical outcome scales for use in a rabbit model of cervical myelopathy." J Spinal Disord 13, no. 2 (April 2000): 124-130. Link to Item
  - Nightingale, RW, Camacho, DL, Armstrong, AJ, Robinette, JJ, and Myers, BS. "Inertial properties and loading rates affect buckling modes and injury mechanisms in the cervical spine." J Biomech 33, no. 2 (February 2000): 191-197. Link to Item
  - Van Ee, CA, Chasse, AL, and Myers, BS. "Quantifying skeletal muscle properties in cadaveric test specimens: effects of mechanical loading, postmortem time, and freezer storage." Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 122, no. 1 (February 2000): 9-14. Full Text
  - "Cervical facet joint mechanics: Its application to whiplash injury." Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings P-350 (December 1, 1999): 243-252.
  - Winkelstein, BA, Richardson, WJ, and Myers, BS. "Mechanical investigation of the role of the cervical facet capsule in whiplash injury." American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) Bed 42 (December 1, 1999): 169-170.
  - Camacho, DL, Nightingale, RW, and Myers, BS. "Surface friction in near-vertex head and neck impact increases risk of injury." J Biomech 32, no. 3 (March 1999): 293-301. Link to Item
  - Van Ee, CA, Chasse, AL, and Myers, BS. "The effect of postmortem time and freezer storage on the mechanical properties of skeletal muscle." Sae Technical Papers (December 1, 1998). Full Text
  - Myers, BS, Woolley, CT, Slotter, TL, Garrett, WE, and Best, TM. "The influence of strain rate on the passive and stimulated engineering stress--large strain behavior of the rabbit tibialis anterior muscle." J Biomech Eng 120, no. 1 (February 1998): 126-132. Link to Item
  - "Experimental flexibility measurements for the development of a computational head-neck model validated for near-vertex head impact." Sae Technical Papers (December 1, 1997). Full Text
  - Camacho, DLA, Nightingale, RW, and Myers, BS. "Computational modeling of axial neck impact: Influence of head motion and cervical spine buckling on dynamic behavior." American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Applied Mechanics Division, Amd 225 (December 1, 1997): 275-290.
  - Nightingale, RW, McElhaney, JH, Camacho, DL, Kleinberger, M, Winkelstein, BA, and Myers, BS. "The dynamic responses of the cervical spine: Buckling, end conditions, and tolerance in compressive impacts." Sae Technical Papers (December 1, 1997). Full Text
  - Camacho, DL, Nightingale, RW, Robinette, JJ, Vanguri, SK, Coates, DJ, and Myers, BS. "Experimental flexibility measurements for the development of a computational head-neck model validated for near-vertex head impact." Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings , no. P-315 (November 1, 1997): 473-486.
  - Nightingale, RW, Richardson, WJ, and Myers, BS. "The effects of padded surfaces on the risk for cervical spine injury." Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 22, no. 20 (October 15, 1997): 2380-2387. Link to Item
  - Camacho, DL, Hopper, RH, Lin, GM, and Myers, BS. "An improved method for finite element mesh generation of geometrically complex structures with application to the skullbase." J Biomech 30, no. 10 (October 1997): 1067-1070. Link to Item
  - Winkelstein, BA, and Myers, BS. "The biomechanics of cervical spine injury and implications for injury prevention." Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 29, no. 7 Suppl (July 1997): S246-S255. Full Text
  - Winkelstein, BA, and Myers, BS. "The biomechanics of cervical spine injury and implications for injury prevention." Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 29, no. 7 SUPPL. (July 1, 1997).
  - Hoshijima, K, Nightingale, RW, Yu, JR, Richardson, WJ, Harper, KD, Yamamoto, H, and Myers, BS. "Strength and stability of posterior lumbar interbody fusion. Comparison of titanium fiber mesh implant and tricortical bone graft." Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 22, no. 11 (June 1, 1997): 1181-1188. Link to Item
  - Camacho, DL, Nightingale, RW, Robinette, JJ, Vanguri, SK, Coates, DJ, and Myers, BS. "Experimental flexibility measurements for the development of a computational head-neck model validated for near-vertex head impact." SAE Technical Papers (1997). Full Text
  - Nightingale, RW, Armstrong, AJ, Camacho, DL, and Myers, BS. "Cervical spine buckling: The effects of vertebral mass and loading rate." American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) Bed 36 (1997): 231-232.
  - Nightingale, RW, McElhaney, JH, Camacho, DL, Kleinberger, M, Winkelstein, BA, and Myers, BS. "The dynamic responses of the cervical spine: Buckling, end conditions, and tolerance in compressive impacts." Sae Technical Papers (1997). Full Text
  - Hughes, MA, Myers, BS, and Schenkman, ML. "The role of strength in rising from a chair in the functionally impaired elderly." Journal of Biomechanics 29, no. 12 (December 1996): 1509-1513. Full Text
  - Myers, BS, Belmont, PJ, Richardson, WJ, Yu, JR, Harper, KD, and Nightingale, RW. "The role of imaging and in situ biomechanical testing in assessing pedicle screw pull-out strength." Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 21, no. 17 (September 1, 1996): 1962-1968. Link to Item
  - Nightingale, RW, McElhaney, JH, Richardson, WJ, Best, TM, and Myers, BS. "Experimental impact injury to the cervical spine: relating motion of the head and the mechanism of injury." The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume 78, no. 3 (March 1996): 412-421.
  - Nightingale, RW, McElhaney, JH, Richardson, WJ, Best, TM, and Myers, BS. "Experimental impact injury to the cervical spine: Relating motion of the head and the mechanism of injury." Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery American Volume 78A, no. 3 (March 1996): 412-421. Full Text Link to Item
  - Nightingale, RW, McElhaney, JH, Richardson, WJ, and Myers, BS. "Dynamic responses of the head and cervical spine to axial impact loading." J Biomech 29, no. 3 (March 1996): 307-318. Link to Item
  - Best, TM, McElhaney, JE, Jr, WEG, and Myers, BS. "An optical system to determine axial surface strains in skeletal muscle." American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) BED 33 (1996): 229-230.
  - "On the structural and material properties of mammalian skeletal muscle and its relevance to human cervical impact dynamics." Sae Technical Papers (December 1, 1995). Full Text
  - "On the structural and material properties of mammalian skeletal muscle and its relevance to human cervical impact dynamics." Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings , no. P-299 (November 1, 1995): 203-214.
  - Best, TM, McElhaney, JH, Garrett, WE, and Myers, BS. "Axial strain measurements in skeletal muscle at various strain rates." J Biomech Eng 117, no. 3 (August 1995): 262-265. Link to Item
  - McElhaney, JH, Hopper, RH, Nightingale, RW, and Myers, BS. "Mechanisms of basilar skull fracture." J Neurotrauma 12, no. 4 (August 1995): 669-678. Full Text Link to Item
  - Fyda, TM, Callaghan, JJ, Fulghum, CS, Seaber, AV, and Myers, BS. "A model of cortical window healing in the rabbit." Orthopedics 18, no. 2 (February 1995): 177-184. Link to Item
  - Myers, BS, Hasty, CC, Floberg, DR, Hoffman, RD, Leone, BJ, and Richardson, WJ. "Measurement of vertebral cortical integrity during pedicle exploration for intrapedicular fixation." Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 20, no. 2 (January 15, 1995): 144-148. Link to Item
  - Myers, BS, Ee, CAV, Camacho, DLA, Woolley, CT, and Best, TM. "On the structural and material properties of mammalian skeletal muscle and its relevance to human cervical impact dynamics." SAE Technical Papers (1995). Full Text
  - Myers, BS, and Winkelstein, BA. "Epidemiology, classification, mechanism, and tolerance of human cervical spine injuries." Crit Rev Biomed Eng 23, no. 5-6 (1995): 307-409. (Review) Link to Item
  - Hopper, RH, McElhaney, JH, and Myers, BS. "Mandibular and Basilar skull fracture tolerance." Sae Technical Papers (December 1, 1994). Full Text
  - Myers, BS. "Mandibular and basilar skull fracture tolerance." Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings , no. P-279 (November 1, 1994): 125-131.
  - Myers, BS, Arbogast, KB, Lobaugh, B, Harper, KD, Richardson, WJ, and Drezner, MK. "Improved assessment of lumbar vertebral body strength using supine lateral dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry." J Bone Miner Res 9, no. 5 (May 1994): 687-693. Full Text Link to Item
  - Best, TM, McElhaney, J, Garrett, WE, and Myers, BS. "Characterization of the passive responses of live skeletal muscle using the quasi-linear theory of viscoelasticity." J Biomech 27, no. 4 (April 1994): 413-419. Link to Item
  - Kliewer, MA, Gray, L, Paver, J, Richardson, WD, Vogler, JB, McElhaney, JH, and Myers, BS. "Acute spinal ligament disruption: MR imaging with anatomic correlation." J Magn Reson Imaging 3, no. 6 (November 1993): 855-861. Link to Item
  - Stranne, SK, Callaghan, JJ, Cocks, FH, Weinerth, JL, Seaber, AV, and Myers, BS. "Would revision arthroplasty be facilitated by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy? An evaluation including whole bone strength in dogs." Clin Orthop Relat Res , no. 287 (February 1993): 252-258. Link to Item
  - MYERS, BS, BITTENBENDER, K, LOBAUGH, B, HARPER, KD, and DREZNER, MK. "LATERAL DUAL ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY - AN IMPROVED METHOD TO ASSESS VERTEBRAL STRENGTH." JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH 7 (August 1992): S117-S117. Link to Item
  - Callaghan, JJ, Elder, SH, Stranne, SK, Fulghum, CF, Seaber, AV, and Myers, BS. "Revision arthroplasty facilitated by ultrasonic tool cement removal: An evaluation of whole bone strength in a canine model." Journal of Arthroplasty 7, no. 4 (1992): 495-500.
  - "Quasi-linear modeling of the viscoelastic responses of the human cervical spine in torsion." American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) Bed 20 (December 1, 1991): 37-39.
  - "Influence of end condition on human cervical spine injury mechanisms." Proceedings Society of Automotive Engineers , no. P-251 (December 1, 1991): 391-399.
  - Nightingale, RW, Myers, BS, McElhaney, JH, Doherty, BJ, and Richardson, WJ. "The influence of end condition on human cervical spine injury mechanisms." Sae Technical Papers (December 1, 1991). Full Text
  - Myers, BS, McElhaney, JH, Doherty, BJ, Paver, JG, and Gray, L. "The role of torsion in cervical spine trauma." Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 16, no. 8 (August 1991): 870-874. Link to Item
  - Myers, BS, McElhaney, JH, and Doherty, BJ. "The viscoelastic responses of the human cervical spine in torsion: experimental limitations of quasi-linear theory, and a method for reducing these effects." J Biomech 24, no. 9 (1991): 811-817. Link to Item
  - Nightingale, RW, Doherty, BJ, Myers, BS, McElhaney, JH, and Richardson, WJ. "Influence of end condition on human cervical spine injury mechanisms." SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) Transactions 100, no. Sect 6 (1991): 2040-2048.
  - Myers, BS, McElhaney, JH, Nighingale, RW, and Doherty, BJ. "Experimental limitations of quasi-linear theory, and a method for reducing these effects." American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) BED 20 (1990): 139-142.
  - "Responses of the human cervical spine to torsion." Sae Technical Papers (December 1, 1989). Full Text
  - Myers, BS, McElhaney, JH, Doherty, BJ, Paver, JG, Nightingale, RW, Ladd, TP, and Gray, L. "Responses of the human cervical spine to torsion." SAE Technical Papers (1989). Full Text
  - "Combined bending and axial loading responses of the human cervical spine." Sae Technical Papers (December 1, 1988). Full Text
  - McElhaney, JH, Doherty, BJ, Paver, JG, Myers, BS, and Gray, L. "Combined bending and axial loading responses of the human cervical spine." SAE Technical Papers (1988). Full Text
- Book Sections
  - Varghese, S, and Engler, AJ. "Musculoskeletal cell mechanics." In Orthopaedic Biomechanics, 301-323. January 1, 2012. Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Cox, CA, Dibb, AT, Cutcliffe, HC, Nightingale, RW, Myers, BS, Vasavada, AN, Suderman, BL, and Bass, CR. "The influence of muscle modeling methods and paths on head and neck response." January 1, 2014.
  - Loyd, AM, Nightingale, R, Bass, CRD, Mertz, HJ, Frush, D, Daniel, C, Lee, C, Marcus, JR, Mukundan, S, and Myers, BS. "Pediatric Head Contours and Inertial Properties for ATD Design." November 3, 2010. Full Text
  - Luck, JF, Nightingale, RW, Loyd, AM, Prange, MT, Dibb, AT, Song, Y, Fronheiser, L, and Myers, BS. "Tensile Mechanical Properties of the Perinatal and Pediatric PMHS Osteoligamentous Cervical Spine." November 3, 2008. Full Text
  - Dibb, AT, Nightingale, RW, Chancey, VC, Fronheiser, LE, Tran, L, Ottaviano, D, and Myers, BS. "Comparative Structural Neck Responses of the THOR-NT, Hybrid III, and Human in Combined Tension-Bending and Pure Bending." November 6, 2006. Full Text
  - Oi, N, Pandy, MG, Myers, BS, Nightingale, RW, and Chancey, VC. "Variation of Neck Muscle Strength Along the Human Cervical Spine." November 1, 2004. Full Text
  - Siegmund, G, and Myers, BS. "Human Cervical Motion Segment Flexibility and Facet Capsular Ligament Strain under Combined Posterior Shear, Extension and Axial Compression." November 1, 2000. Full Text
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- Dr. Myers has a unique combination of entrepreneurial and life sciences technology translation/commercialization experience. As such he acts as an advisor to faculty on how to position their innovations, negotiate agreements, and advance their technology to market. Through the CTSA consult service Dr. Myers team oversees dozens of funded projects providing strategic guidance to research in therapeutics, devices, diagnostics and combination products. Nationally, he mentors and advises several companies producing safety technologies to facilitate their competing for translational research funds.

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