Dr. Rebecca Zifchock Professor of Biochemical Engineering Civil and Mechanical Engineering rebecca.zifchock [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications Dr. Rebecca Zifchock received her doctoral degree in Biomechanics from the University of Delaware in 2007, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. She became a member of the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering faculty at the U.S. Military Academy in 2010 and has taught courses in Biomechanics, Computer Aided Design, Engineering Design, Thermal-Fluids, and Engineering Materials and Design. Dr. Zifchock is a founding member of the United States Military Academy's Center for Innovation and Engineering. PhD - Delaware University: Biomechanics and Movement Science Postdoctoral Fellowship Hospital for Special Surgery MS- The Pennsylvania State University: Biomechanics BS Cornell University: Biological Engineering Minor in Mechanical Engineering Current Research Biomechanics of Human Movement, Human Performance, and Soldier Loading Selected Publications Bloch, AE, Steckenrider, JJ, Zifchock, RA, Freisinger, GM, Bode, VG, Elkin-Frankston. 2023. Military Medicine usad086. Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usad086Miller, EM, Crowell, MS, Morris, JB, Mason, JS, Zifchock, RA, Goss, DL. Gait Retraining Improves Running Impact Loading and Function in Previously Injured U.S. Military Cadets: A Pilot Study. 2021. Military Medicine 128 (11-12): e1077 - e1087. Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaa383Helton, GL, Cameron, KL, Zifchock, RA, Miller, E, Goss, DL, Song, J, Neary, MT. Association Between Running Shoe Characteristics and Lower Extremity Injuries in United States Military Academy Cadets. 2019. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 47(12):2853-2862. Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0363546519870534Chao, C, Song, J, Neary, M, Goss, D, Cameron, K, Zifchock, R, Hannan, M, Thaqi, I, Shahid, M, Trepal, M, Pasquale, M, Hillstrom, H. Changes in Foot Function between Baseline and 1-year Follow-up in West Point Cadets. 2019. Footwear Science, 11(sup1), S171. Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/19424280.2019.1606312Panizzolo, FA, Freisinger, GM, Karavas, N, Eckert-Erdheim, AM, Siviy, C, Long, A, Zifchock, RA, LaFiandra, ME, Walsh, CJ. Metabolic Cost Adaptations During Training with a Soft Exosuit Assisting the Hip Joint. 2019. Scientific Reports, Nature, 9(1), 9779. Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-45914-5