David M. Rempel Professor in Residence, Department of Bioengineering and Medicine, UCSF Director, UC Ergonomics Laboratory Richmond Field Station 163 mailcode: MC 3580 (510) 665-3403 fax: (510) 665-3423 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it http://www.me.berkeley.edu/ergo/

Joined the UC Berkeley Faculty in 1997

Research Interests

Hand biomechanics, tool design, ergonomics, peripheral nerve and tendon injury mechanisms, tissue engineering, tendon biology.

Education

1983-1985    Residency in Internal Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose

1980-1981    M.P.H., Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley

1977-1982    M.D., University of California, San Francisco

1974-1977    B.A., Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego

Major Awards

1997   NIH/Fogarty Senior International Fellowship Award

2000   Jean Spencer Felton Award for Scientific Writing

2006   IEA/Liberty Mutual Prize in Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

Professional Experience

2002-present    Professor of Medicine (in Residence), Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco

1996-2002    Associate Professor of Medicine (in Residence), UCSF

992-1996    Assistant Professor of Medicine (in Residence), Department of Medicine, UCSF

1990-1992    Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF

1985-1990    Public Health Medical Officer/Epidemiologist, California Department of Health Services, Berkeley

Selected Publications

Asundi K, Kursa K, Lotz JC, Rempel D. In vitro system for applying cyclic loads to connective tissues under displacement or force control.  Ann Biomed Eng 2007; 35(7):1188-95.

Villanueva A, Dong H, Rempel D.  A biomechanical analysis of applied pinch force during periodontal scaling.  J Biomechanics 2007; 40:1910-1915.

Rempel D, Wang PC, Janowitz I, Harrison R, Yu F, Ritz B.  A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effects of New Task Chairs on Shoulder and Neck Pain among Sewing Operators: The Los Angeles Garment Study.  Spine 2007; 32(9):931-8.

Nikanjam M, Kursa K, Lehman S, Rempel D. Finger Flexor Motor Control Patterns during Active Flexion: An In Vivo Tendon Force Study.  Human Movement Science 2007; 26(1):1-10.

Kursa K, Latanza L, Diao E, Rempel D.  In vivo forces generated by finger flexor muscles increase with finger and wrist flexion during active finger flexion and extension.  J Orthop Res 2006, 24(4):763-9.

Nakama L, King KB, Abrahamsson SO, Rempel DM.  VEGF, VEGFR-1 and CTGF cell densities in tendon are increased with cyclical loading: An in vivo tendinopathy model.  J Orthop Res 2006, 24(3):393-400.

Nakama L, King K, Abrahamsson SO, Rempel D.  Evidence of tendon microtears due to cyclical loading in an in vivo tendinopathy model.  J Orthop Res 2005, 23(5):1199-1205.