Dr. James Ashton-Miller is the Albert Schultz Collegiate Research Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Research Scientist Emeritus at the University of Michigan Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. He was the Director of the Biomechanics Research Laboratory. Dr. Ashton-Miller is an internationally recognized researcher in the field of biomechanics.

Dr. Ashton-Miller’s research focus included balance, sports injury, concussion, and falls research. In the area of balance and falls, in regards to a concussion, he studied the role of neck strength in children and invented and validated a simple practical and portable test to evaluate recovery from concussion in and outside the clinic.