David R. Wilson
Rm. 577, 828 West 10th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L8
Tel: 875-4428
Fax: 875-4851
Email: dawilson@interchange.ubc.ca

Dave Wilson is an orthopaedic researcher with interests in the mechanics of osteoarthritis, sports medicine, joint reconstruction and replacement, and medical imaging. He joined the Division of Orthopaedic Engineering Research at UBC in 2002 after two and a half years in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He had previously received his B.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University in Montreal, Canada in 1991 and his D.Phil. in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford, England in 1996 for work on the three dimensional kinematics of the knee. He completed fellowships in Orthopaedic Biomechanics at the Johns Hopkins University and the Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre and Harvard.

The objective of Dr. Wilson’s research is to investigate links between joint mechanics, clinical symptons and the success of orthopaedic procedures. His team uses both in vivo studies and ex vivo (cadaver) experiments to investigate the biomechanics of normal and pathological joints and to assess the effects of surgical and non-surgical interventions on joint biomechanics. This team has a particular focus on developing new techniques based on medical imaging to measure in vivo biomechanical quantities more accurately. Team members have particular expertise in noninvasive assessments of cartilage health using MRI, and make extensive use of quatitative MRI (qMRI) and delayed gadolinium enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of cartilage (dGEMRIC). One of the group’s objectives is to gain a better understanding of the etiology of patellofemoral syndrome and osteoarthritis and that this understanding will lead to well-substantiated risk factors for these conditions and more effective prevention and treatment strategies.