Darcie Yount, Ph.D. is a Senior Biomechanist specializing in injury causation analysis and mitigation across a variety of settings. This includes injuries from motor vehicle collisions, slip, trip, & fall events, work place incidents, recreational and competitive athletic events, and more. She applies this work to all segments of the human body involved in collisions and other impact-producing events. Dr. Yount has utilized anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs) to quantify occupant loading during both automotive and non-automotive events.

Dr. Yount received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Education in Kinesiology from Auburn University, and her Doctor of Philosophy from The University of Southern Mississippi. Her doctoral research involved the study of cervical spine injuries due to head impact, and her doctoral dissertation focused on lower extremity landing mechanics in loaded plyometric training, through the use of 3-D motion analysis and force platforms.

Previously, Dr. Yount served as a lab manager with the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center where she managed laboratory technicians and developed equipment validation studies utilizing inertial measurement units. Dr. Yount also led the University of Pittsburgh-Naval Special Warfare Injury Prevention Initiative lab in Coronado, CA where she worked closely with United States Navy SEALs and Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC).