Calendar of Events and Seminars

The Office of Diversity Affairs
NYU School of Medicine
Fall Seminar Series

Health and the Culture of Footwear

Petr Hlavacek, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Leather and Footwear Technology
Director of the Biomechanics laboratory
Tomas Bata University
Zlin, Czechoslovakia

Tuesday, October 18, 2005
5:00PM

Schwartz Conference Hall F
Ground Floor of the Medical Center, 30th Street Entrance

Reception after Seminar

Professor Hlavacek is a world renowned expert on footwear and has conducted research on shoes across the globe, most famously on the oldest Europeans shoes, the shoes worn by a Stone Age man, Otzi, found in South Tyrol, and replicas of the oldest sandals in the world found in Oregon.

In addition to studying the history of footwear, Professor Hlavacek is also interested in the relationship between the shoes we wear and our health. He is involved in studying the impact of contemporary footwear ergonomics on our health and in developing technologies that would improve shoes for healthy people and people suffering from chronic diseases.

For further information contact:

Mekbib Gemeda
Director, Office of Diversity Affairs
mekbib.gemeda@med.nyu.edu