Dr David Lunn

David is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Biomechanics within the School of Sport and Level 5 Course Leader for the BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science students.

David studied Sport and Exercise Science at Teesside University, graduating with a BSc (Hons) in 2007 and MSc in 2008. David then completed his PhD in Musculoskeletal Biomechanics at the University of Hull in 2014.  His thesis was entitled “Musculoskeletal Modelling and Finite Element Analysis of the Juvenile Femur”. David then joined the Leeds NIHR Biomedical Research Centre to work on an EU funded FP7 grant entitled LifeLongJoints. As a part of LifeLongJoints David was responsible for collecting biomechanical data from a large cohort of total hip replacement patients and building musculoskeletal models and using the data to inform preclinical testing of hip prosthesis. As part of the Centre for Sport, Exercise and OA, David was funded for 12 months to use inverse dynamic and musculoskeletal modelling to understand how OA and joint replacements change the metabolic/mechanical cost of activities of daily living in patients.  

Following intermittent periods as a visiting lecturer David joined Leeds Beckett on a permanent basis in March 2021

David’s research interests include, joint replacement, patient function including gait, lower and upper limb biomechanics, and musculoskeletal modelling.

David is the current module lead for Biomechanical Principles of Human Movement and Fundamental of Biomechanics. He also contributes to a number of other modules in biomechanics and anatomy, and teaches students from the BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science and BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Therapy courses.