Dr Emily Hunter

Lecturer in Clinical Anatomy

Role at Hull York Medical School

Emily contributes to teaching, learning, assessment and research across HYMS undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Her particular interest is in form-function relationships in anatomy, using modern methods to quantify and compare morphologies.

Emily delivers a range of teaching for Phase 1 MBBS, and is also the Year 1 Anatomy lead for the MBBS, overseeing and coordinating Year 1 anatomy content.

Emily also leads and teaches on multiple postgraduate taught modules for the MSc Clinical Anatomy (and Education), including coordinating research projects. 

Biography

Emily undertook the MSc in Human Anatomy and Evolution at HYMS, which led on to a funded PhD, also at HYMS, in primate feeding biomechanics. During this time, Emily also worked as an anatomy demonstrator, gaining experience in delivering human anatomy teaching to MBBS students. Since completing her PhD, Emily has worked as a lecturer for HYMS, delivering anatomy and anatomy-related teaching across a range of programmes.

Research

Emily has primary research interests in functional morphology relationships in anatomy: how structure and function relate, in human as well as non-human primates. In human anatomy this interest translates particularly to both the oddities of human anatomy as well as how modern lifestyles may be affecting our morphology. 

Teaching

Module lead

Research Project (MSc Clinical Anatomy and Education)
Radiological Anatomy (MSc Clinical Anatomy and Education)
Practical Skills in Virtual Anatomy and Morphology (MSc Clinical Anatomy and Education)

Teaching

Tutor on the above-listed modules, in addition to module leading
Phase 1, MBBS Anatomy Resource Sessions
Phase 1, MBBS Lectures 

Postgraduate research supervision

Emily is interested in a range of quantitative project types which measure and compare functionally relevant features in humans. Projects frequently make use of virtual anatomy techniques (segmentation) and may use geometric morphometrics or linear measurements to quantify shape. Of particular interest are structures which may be changing alongside, or be affected by modern lifestyles.

Examples of current and recent projects on the MSc Clinical Anatomy include:

The Relationship between Stomach Position and Body Type (Millie Gee)
The Impact of Obesity on the Female Pelvis (Grace Abraham)
Investigating the Effects of Skull Morphology on Styloid Process Length (Jack Bennett)