Professional Bio:
Virginia (Ginny) Wilmerding, PhD, danced professionally in New York City
and is now a Research Professor in the Dance Program. She also teaches
in the Exercise Science Program in the College of Education and at the
Public Academy for Performing Arts, an APS charter school. Ginny is
formerly the Chief Executive Officer for the International Association
for Dance Medicine & Science (IADMS). She is a past-president of IADMS
and served on the Board of Directors from 2001-2011. Ginny was the
Associate Editor of science for the Journal of Dance Medicine & Science.
Dr. Wilmerding has published original research in the Journal of Dance Medicine
& Science, Medical Problems of Performing Artists, Medicine & Science in
Sports & Exercise, Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, and IDEA
Today. Her Research interests include body composition, biomechanics, training
methodologies, injury incidence and prevention, pedagogical considerations in
technique class, and the physiological requirements of various dance idioms.
With Donna Krasnow, PhD, she has co-authored resource papers for IADMS
and Healthy Dancer Canada and together they have co-authored two books:
Motor Learning and Control for Dance: Principles and Practices for
Performers and Teachers, published by Human Kinetics in 2015, and Dancer
Wellness, published in 2017 and now available in Spanish. Ginny currently sits
on the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at UNM and is Managing Director of
The New Mexico Ballet Company.

Selected Publications:
Mermier, C, Wilmerding, MV, AB Gurney, AB, Schnieider, S. Exercise and
Myasthenia Gravis: A Review. Journal of Sport and Human Performance.
1(4): 43-62, 2013. http://journals.tdl.org/jhp/index.php/JHP/index.

Mermier CM, Zuhl, MN, Wilmerding MV, Beam JR, Salgado RM , White AC,
Beverly M,. The effects of a harness safety system during maximal treadmill run
testing in collegiate middle and long distance runners. Journal of Strength and
Conditioning Research. 27(11):2934-2938, 2013.

Krasnow D, Ambegaonkar JP, Wilmerding MV, Stecyk S, Koutedakis Y, Wyon
M. Electromyographic Comparison of Grand Battement Devant at the Barre, in the Center, and Traveling. Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 27(3):143-155, 2012.

Krasnow D, Wilmerding MV, Stecyk S, Wyon M, Koutedakis Y. Examination of
weight transfer strategies during the execution of grand battement devant at the barre, in the center, and traveling. Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 27(2):74-84, 2012.
Special Interests:
Virginia (Ginny) Wilmerding, PhD, danced professionally in New York City
and is now a Research Professor in the Dance Program. She also teaches
in the Exercise Science Program in the College of Education and at the Public
Academy for Performing Arts, an APS charter school. Ginny is formerly the
Chief Executive Officer for the International Association for Dance Medicine
& Science (IADMS). She is a past-president of IADMS and served on the Board
of Directors from 2001-2011. Ginny was the Associate Editor of science for
the Journal of Dance Medicine & Science. With Donna Krasnow, PhD, she has
co-authored resource papers for IADMS (http://www.iadms.org/?page=186)
and Healthy Dancer Canada (https://www.healthydancercanada.org/uploads
/4/7/1/3/47130231/hdc_rp_neutral_pelvis_core_support.pdf)
and together they have co-authored two books: Motor Learning and Control
for Dance: Principles and Practices for Performers and Teachers, published
by Human Kinetics in 2015, and Dancer Wellness, published in 2017 and
now available in Spanish. Ginny currently sits on the Institutional Review
Board (IRB) at UNM and is Managing Director of The New Mexico Ballet Company.