Virginia Wilmerding, PhD

Mary Virginia ("Ginny") Wilmerding danced professionally in New York City in her early professional career and is now a Research Professor at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA where she teaches for both the Exercise Science and Dance Programs. She teaches at the Public Academy for Performing Arts, a charter school for grades 6-12. Ginny is Past President of the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science (IADMS) and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chair of the IADMS Annual Meeting Program Committee. Dr. Wilmerding served on the IADMS Board of Directors from 2001-2011. She has served on the Editorial Boards for Medical Problems of Performing Artists and the Journal of Dance Medicine & Science and has published original research in several journals. She has also co-authored Resource Papers for IADMS and Healthy Dancer Canada (HDC) with Donna Krasnow, as well as co-authoring the Human Kinetics textbook Motor Learning and Control for Dance: Principles and Practices for Performers and Teachers. Drs Wilmerding and Krasnow edited the IADMS organizational book Dancer Wellness. Research interests include body composition, training methodologies, injury incidence and prevention, pedagogical considerations in technique class, and the physiological requirements of various dance idioms. Ginny currently serves as the Executive Director for the New Mexico Ballet Company.