I am a Senior Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Science (Biomechanics) and Steering Committee Member for the Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition & Activity Research Centre (ARENA). My teaching responsibilities involve course coordination and leadership for Biomechanics of Human Movement and Sports Biomechanics. Biomechanics encompasses various definitions, but fundamentally, it applies physical laws to biological systems. My expertise lies in sport and clinical biomechanics, where I integrate research and industry experience to optimise human performance and health. I use various measurement techniques, computational modelliing and simulation to understand and drive performance improvements and injury prevention. ... Read more
About me
I am a Senior Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Science (Biomechanics) and Steering Committee Member for the Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition & Activity Research Centre (ARENA). My teaching responsibilities involve course coordination and leadership for Biomechanics of Human Movement and Sports Biomechanics. Biomechanics encompasses various definitions, but fundamentally, it applies physical laws to biological systems. My expertise lies in sport and clinical biomechanics, where I integrate research and industry experience to optimise human performance and health. I use various measurement techniques, computational modelliing and simulation to understand and drive performance improvements and injury prevention. My work is inherently cross-disciplinary, bridging sport science, engineering, and medicine. My teaching philosophy places a strong emphasis on student engagement and the construction of knowledge through active and problem-based learning. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK).
Prior to my current position I held a CJ Martin Research Fellowship in musculoskeletal biomechanics at the University of Leeds, funded by the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC). I have a range of skills and experience in biomechanical (laboratory-based) studies using a range of techniques such as motion capture, various biomechanical instrumentation, computational modelling and medical imaging. I have a particular interest in footwear biomechanics and have been involved in projects evaluating new footwear designs, technology, and athlete/end-user experience with industry partners.
I am a member of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS), International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) and the Footwear Biomechanics Group (FBG), a technical group of the ISB.
I have supervised and mentored Postdoctoral, PhD, Masters, and Honours level researchers in areas relating to sports and clinical biomechanics. For details on our current research projects and opportunities for PhD or Masters, please send me an email.
My research and the teams I have been involved with has been recognised with awards, including from the Australian Institute of Policy and Science. I regularly collaborate with industry, clinicians and research groups in the U.S., Europe and the UK.
Details on the wider research activity within our Research Centre can be found at:
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Bachelor of Podiatry(Hons) University of South Australia
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
“My ankle always feels like it will give way” – understanding function and performance in adolescents with and without perceived ankle instability, Sports and Exercise Podiatry Australia Pty Ltd, 03/07/2023 - 30/06/2026
Human-Centered Design for Athletes: Advancing 3D Football Boot Innovation, DOHGO 34 Pty Ltd, 02/03/2025 - 01/03/2026
Defining treatment targets to optimise the management of early midfoot osteoarthritis, NHMRC - Early Career Fellowship, 01/04/2017 - 31/03/2021
Corrective Exercise Australia Pty Ltd Scholarship, Corrective Exercise Australia Pty Ltd, 01/06/2016 - 31/12/2019
A novel method for preventing overtraining in competitive runners, Australasian Association of Podiatric Sports Medicine, 01/11/2015 - 30/06/2017
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2023 |
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2019 |
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Year | Output |
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2025 |
Open access
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2025 |
Open access
5
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2025 |
Open access
|
2025 |
Open access
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2025 |
Open access
|
2025 |
2
|
2024 |
Open access
3
3
6
|
2024 |
Open access
1
|
2024 |
Open access
1
1
2
|
2024 |
Open access
6
5
6
|
2024 |
Open access
1
1
1
|
2024 |
4
4
17
|
2023 |
Open access
5
5
5
|
2023 |
Open access
4
5
4
|
2023 |
Open access
5
5
14
|
2023 |
Open access
5
5
6
|
2023 |
Open access
2
2
2
|
2023 |
Open access
18
18
287
|
2022 |
Open access
35
31
8
|
2022 |
Open access
4
4
2
|
2022 |
Open access
3
3
4
|
2022 |
Open access
7
6
11
|
2022 |
Open access
2
2
2
|
2022 |
Open access
3
2
11
|
2021 |
Open access
18
18
26
|
2021 |
10
7
132
|
2021 |
Open access
3
2
2
|
2021 |
10
8
|
2021 |
1
1
10
|
2021 |
Open access
12
12
|
2021 |
7
6
80
|
2021 |
Open access
16
15
6
|
2021 |
Open access
2
|
2021 |
7
6
|
2021 |
2
2
5
|
2020 |
Open access
10
10
|
2020 |
Open access
7
4
49
|
2020 |
13
10
118
|
2020 |
15
14
13
|
2020 |
5
5
1
|
2019 |
Open access
25
22
2
|
2019 |
Open access
51
51
20
|
2019 |
20
19
2
|
2019 |
Open access
11
11
6
|
2019 |
Open access
16
15
44
|
2019 |
Open access
14
11
25
|
2019 |
17
17
6
|
2019 |
Open access
3
3
8
|
2018 |
Open access
6
5
7
|
2018 |
Open access
107
95
5
|
2018 |
Open access
12
8
4
|
2018 |
96
78
2
|
2018 |
Open access
124
118
80
|
2018 |
Open access
10
9
10
|
2017 |
Open access
14
12
4
|
2017 |
Open access
29
|
2017 |
24
22
4
|
2017 |
23
25
6
|
2017 |
Open access
6
6
53
|
2017 |
5
|
2017 |
Open access
13
12
15
|
2016 |
Open access
117
103
26
|
2016 |
Open access
55
43
8
|
2016 |
Open access
29
23
22
|
2016 |
7
7
|
2016 |
Open access
16
17
3
|
2015 |
Open access
11
10
5
|
2015 |
38
33
3
|
2014 |
4
12
|
2014 |
65
56
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2013 |
15
11
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2012 |
33
24
|
2012 |
20
18
|
2010 |
Open access
32
16
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External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Al Azhar University | EGYPT |
Alexandria University | EGYPT |
Bern University of Applied Sciences | SWITZERLAND |
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | UNITED STATES |
Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Research Versus Arthritis | UNITED KINGDOM |
Flinders Medical Centre | AUSTRALIA |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Gold Coast University Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust | UNITED KINGDOM |
Harvard University | UNITED STATES |
Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute For Aging Research | UNITED STATES |
Hospital for Trauma and Orthopaedics | UNITED STATES |
Hospital Universitario La Paz | SPAIN |
iNform Health and Fitness Solutions | AUSTRALIA |
Keele University | UNITED KINGDOM |
La Paz University Hospital | SPAIN |
La Trobe University | AUSTRALIA |
Leeds Beckett University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Macquarie University | AUSTRALIA |
Noarlunga Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Northern Adelaide Local Health Network | AUSTRALIA |
OMERACT Patient Research Partner | CANADA |
Ottawa Hospital | CANADA |
Queensland University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute (Italy) | ITALY |
Robert Gordon University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Royal Adelaide Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
South Australian Health and Medical and Research Institute (SAHMRI) | AUSTRALIA |
South Australian Sports Institute | AUSTRALIA |
Teesside University | UNITED KINGDOM |
The Hospital Research Foundation Group - Arthritis | AUSTRALIA |
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Trauma and Orthopedics Hospital | VIET NAM |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Auckland | NEW ZEALAND |
University of Cambridge | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Leeds | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
University of Nebraska Medical Center | UNITED STATES |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | UNITED STATES |
University of Northumbria | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Ottawa | CANADA |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of Salford | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Southampton | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of the West of England | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Toronto | CANADA |
University of Warwick | UNITED KINGDOM |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Board of TrusteesAustralian Podiatry & Education Research Foundation |
2025 |
FellowHigher Education Academy, UK (AdvanceHE) |
2025 |
International Foot & Ankle Osteoarthritis Consortium - Founding MemberOsteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) |
2025 |
Journal of Foot & Ankle Research (Q1)Royal College of Podiatry, UK and Australian Podiatry Council |
2025 |
NHMRC Investigator Grants (Emerging Leadership 1 & 2) Panel MemberNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2025 |
Scientific, Awards and Organising CommitteeAustralian Podiatry Association Conference 2025 |
2025 |
Selection Panel, incoming Editor in Chief, Journal of Foot & Ankle Research (Q1)Royal College of Podiatry, UK and Australian Podiatry Council |
2025 |
Steering Committee, OMERACT Foot and Ankle Outcomes GroupOutcome Measures in Rheumatology Association (OMERACT), USA |
2025 |
Trial Steering/Advisory Committee, Big toe Osteoarthritis Trial: BigTOE trial, UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment SchemeWarwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick |
2025 |
‘Jewel in the Crown’, Best Overall Research, UK Royal College of Podiatry - OMERACT team working on this paper led out of the University of Leeds, UKRoyal College of Podiatry (UK) & University of Leeds |
2024 |
Board of TrusteesAustralian Podiatry & Education Research Foundation |
2024 |
FellowHigher Education Academy, UK (AdvanceHE) |
2024 |
International Foot & Ankle Osteoarthritis Consortium - Founding MemberOsteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) |
2024 |
Journal of Foot & Ankle Research (Q1)Royal College of Podiatry, UK and Australian Podiatry Council |
2024 |
NHMRC Investigator Grants (Emerging Leadership 1 & 2) Panel MemberNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2024 |
Population and systems medicine scheme - Invited External Grant ReviewerMedical Research Council, UK |
2024 |
Steering Committee, OMERACT Foot and Ankle Outcomes GroupOutcome Measures in Rheumatology Association (OMERACT), USA |
2024 |
Top 10% downloaded paper (Bahl et al. 2023, my PhD student)Journal of Orthopaedic Research (Orthopaedic Research Society, USA) |
2024 |
Trial Steering/Advisory Committee, Big toe Osteoarthritis Trial: BigTOE trial, UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment SchemeWarwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick |
2024 |
Board of TrusteesAustralian Podiatry & Education Research Foundation |
2023 |
International Foot & Ankle Osteoarthritis Consortium - Founding MemberOsteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) |
2023 |
Journal of Foot & Ankle Research (Q1)Royal College of Podiatry, UK and Australian Podiatry Council |
2023 |
Scientific, Awards and Organising CommitteeAustralian Podiatry Association Conference 2023 |
2023 |
Steering Committee, OMERACT Foot and Ankle Outcomes GroupOutcome Measures in Rheumatology Association (OMERACT), USA |
2023 |
Board of TrusteesAustralian Podiatry & Education Research Foundation |
2022 |
International Foot & Ankle Osteoarthritis Consortium - Founding MemberOsteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) |
2022 |
Journal of Foot & Ankle Research (Q1)Royal College of Podiatry, UK and Australian Podiatry Council |
2022 |
NHMRC Investigator Grants (Emerging Leadership 1 & 2) Panel MemberNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2022 |
Steering Committee, OMERACT Foot and Ankle Outcomes GroupOutcome Measures in Rheumatology Association (OMERACT), USA |
2022 |
Best Sports related paper (New Investigator), Sports & Exercise Podiatry Australia - Awarded to my Honours student Elsa MathiasAustralasian Podiatry Conference |
2021 |
International Foot & Ankle Osteoarthritis Consortium - Founding MemberOsteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) |
2021 |
Journal of Foot & Ankle Research (Q1)Royal College of Podiatry, UK and Australian Podiatry Council |
2021 |
Steering Committee, OMERACT Foot and Ankle Outcomes GroupOutcome Measures in Rheumatology Association (OMERACT), USA |
2021 |
International Foot & Ankle Osteoarthritis Consortium - Founding MemberOsteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) |
2020 |
Journal of Foot & Ankle Research (Q1)Royal College of Podiatry, UK and Australian Podiatry Council |
2020 |
NHMRC Investigator Grants (Emerging Leadership 1 & 2) Panel MemberNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2020 |
Steering Committee, OMERACT Foot and Ankle Outcomes GroupOutcome Measures in Rheumatology Association (OMERACT), USA |
2020 |
International Foot & Ankle Osteoarthritis Consortium - Founding MemberOsteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) |
2019 |
Journal of Foot & Ankle Research (Q1)Royal College of Podiatry, UK and Australian Podiatry Council |
2019 |
Plenary speakerAustralasian Podiatry Conference |
2019 |
Postgraduate Scholarships Review Panel Chair, NHMRCNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2019 |
Steering Committee - Foot & Ankle Outcomes GroupOutcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) |
2019 |
Associate editorBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders |
2018 |
CJ Martin Early Career Research FellowshipNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2018 |
Committee member, Postgraduate Scholarships ReviewNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2018 |
Invited Lecture, Leeds Orthopaedic Biomechanics CourseInstitute of Medical & Biological Engineering, University of Leeds |
2018 |
Official Media SpokespersonArthritis Research United Kingdom |
2018 |
Plenary SpeakerCollege of Podiatry Annual Congress, United Kingdom |
2018 |
Royal Adelaide Hospital Medical Staff Society Research Prize (Overall Winner) - Awarded to PhD student Jasvir BahlRoyal Adelaide Hospital Medical Staff Society |
2018 |
CJ Martin Early Career Research FellowshipNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2017 |
Committee member, Postgraduate Scholarships ReviewNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2017 |
Finalist, Science & Technology Category, Young Achiever Awards (SA)Channel 9 |
2017 |
Invited Lecture, Leeds Orthopaedic Biomechanics CourseInstitute of Medical & Biological Engineering, University of Leeds |
2017 |
MemberInternational Society of Biomechanics (ISB) |
2017 |
MemberInternational Foot and Ankle Biomechanics Community (iFAB) |
2017 |
MemberSports Medicine Australia (SMA) |
2017 |
MemberOsteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) |
2017 |
MemberAustralian and New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society (ANZORS) |
2017 |
Member, Research Grant Review CommitteeAustralasian Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine |
2017 |
Young Tall Poppy Award (SA)Australian Institute of Policy and Science |
2017 |
Member, Research Grant Review CommitteeAustralasian Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine |
2016 |
Council Member, Future Health Leaders CouncilDepartment of Health and Ageing, Australian Government |
2015 |
Finalist, Science Excellence Awards SA, Peoples Choice AwardDepartment of State Development, Government of South Australia |
2015 |
Council Member, Future Health Leaders CouncilDepartment of Health and Ageing, Australian Government |
2014 |
David Findlay Early Career Researcher AwardAustralian and New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society (ANZORS) |
2014 |
Council Member, Future Health Leaders CouncilDepartment of Health and Ageing, Australian Government |
2013 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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449 - Next-generation soccer boot design for optimising biomechanics and physical performance | Current |
688- Enhancing athlete monitoring through analysis of running gait mechanics (Speed Signature) in AFL athletes | Current |
Evaluating and enhancing coaching pedagogy in elite Australian Sports | Current |
Evolution of match demands, and relationships with physical and match performance in Australian Football League Women¿s (AFLW) athletes | Current |
Improving Clinical Implementation Of Pain Science Education For Chronic Pain | Current |
My ankle always feels like it will give way¿ ¿ investigating perceptual contributions to chronic ankle instability in adolescents | Current |
Biomechanical outcomes of gait and hip joint loading in patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty | Completed |
Regulation of tibial acceleration during running-induced fatigue and associations with lower limb muscle function in distance runners | Completed |
The mind and the miles: exploring motivational and psychological factors related to recreational running maintenance | Completed |
The trainability of movement quality and its role in guiding exercise prescription and influencing physical performance | Completed |
Tibial plateau fractures: 3D fracture patterns, classification and postoperative gait biomechanics | Completed |
Towards the routine use of wearable activity trackers in healthcare | Completed |