David PYNE

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Professor David Pyne is a sports physiologist with 30 years practical and research experience across a range of individual and team sports. Pyne served as an adjunct member of UCRISE in 2014 and 2015 and joined as a full-time Research Professor in 2016. He completed both an undergraduate (Bachelor of Applied Science in Sports Coaching) and graduate (Masters in Exercise Physiology) degree at UC, and a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Australian National University. He held adjunct status at UC between 1997 and 2016 in sport science.

Pyne has a long history of service as a sports physiologist and researcher at the Australian Institute of Sport (1987-2016) Pyne has extensive experience with basketball, rugby union, rugby league, Australian Football, cricket and swimming at the AIS and national levels. He attended four Olympic Games and numerous international competitions with the Australian Swimming Team. Between 2013 and 2018, David served as the Discipline Lead – Physiology for Swimming Australia.

Pyne's research work in the areas of exercise and the immune system, environmental physiology, the applied physiology of swimming, and fitness and conditioning for team sports is recognised internationally. This work has focussed on both practical interventions for enhancing sports performance and physiological mechanisms that explain variations in performance, health and fitness.

Pyne is Theme Leader at UCRISE for High Performance Sport and Exercise and contributes to research training and mentoring of students and staff, and other UCRISE activities. His international research links stretch to the US, New Zealand, France, Portugal, UK, Spain and the Middle East. Leadership, collegiality, and mentoring with students, researchers, coaches and athletes alike are seen as high priorities. He was awarded the Researcher of the Year at the University of Canberra in 2018.

Prof Pyne has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers in exercise and sports science journals, an H-Index of 68, and supervised 18 PhD students to completion. He was Foundation Editor of the International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance from 2004-2009 and currently serves as a Consulting Editor. Pyne is a member of Sports Medicine Australia, Exercise and Sports Science Australia, and a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine.

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Australian National University

1 Aug 1990 → 20 Aug 1994

Master

1 Feb 1985 → 30 Nov 1986

Bachelor

1 Feb 1982 → 30 Nov 1984

External positions

Research Professor, Australian Institute of Sport

1 Nov 2016 → 30 Jun 2018

Physiologist, Australian Institute of Sport - Canberra

1 Oct 1987 → 31 Oct 2016

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Projects

1 Active
9 Finished

An integrated approach to monitoring and improving resilience and readiness in the tactical athlete

Keegan, R., Thompson, K., Martin, K., Mckune, A., Rattray, B., Periard, J., PYNE, D. & Flood, A.

Department of Defence

16/02/17 → 16/04/21

Project: Other

Swimming Australia Coaching Strategy Report 2018

PYNE, D.

30/05/18 → 30/08/18

Project: Other

Swimming Australia Coaching Strategy Report 2018

PYNE, D.

30/05/18 → 30/08/18

Project: Other

Game analysis and running demands of rugby union – A systems approach to analysing tactical behaviour and player load in competition

Mckune, A., Colomer, C., PYNE, D. & Serpell, B.

8/01/18 → 7/01/20

Project: Other

Repeat sprinting in the heat as an innovative acclimation method for optimising performance in team-sport athletes

Periard, J., Bishop, D. J., Girard, O., PYNE, D. & PYNE, D.

1/06/17 → 30/06/19

Project: Other

Research Output

Can exercise affect immune function to increase susceptibility to infection?

Simpson, R. J., Campbell, J. P., Gleeson, M., Krüger, K., Nieman, D. C., Pyne, D. B., Turner, J. E. & Walsh, N. P., 2020, In : Exercise Immunology Review. 26, p. 8-22 15 p.