Sports & Exercise Medicine Research Program

Program leader: A/Professor Paul McCrory

Overview

Exercise and physical activity plays an important role in the maintenance of health and well-being throughout life. The discipline of sports and exercise medicine (SEM) is concerned with the total health care of the exercising person. With the recognition of this area in 2007 by the Australian Federal government as a distinct medical specialty, a new focus on clinical activity and research has emerged.

There are four broad areas of the SEM program:

1. Exercise used in the primary and secondary prevention of disease states (e.g. cardiovascular disease, obesity etc) and the use of exercise as an adjunct to the management of chronic disease
2. The epidemiology, management, cost benefit and prevention of injury in the exercising population.
3. The understanding of the function and response to injury of muscle, tendon and fascia in the normal individual as well as in injury states. This involves both applied and basic research
4. The study of sports related concussion and other forms of traumatic brain injury

For more information about this research program

• Research projects
• Publications
• Grants

CHESM Investigators
A/Prof Paul McCrory
A/Prof Peter Brukner
Dr Adam Bryant
Mr Ross Clark
Dr Andy Frankly-Miller
Dr Eanna Falvey
Mr Tim Wrigley

Post doctoral investigators
Dr Michael Makdissi
Dr Gavin Williams

Research students       
Ms Helen Clausen
Ms Sally Child
Ms Narelle Wyndow

Research Collaborators
Prof Jiri Dvorak (Switz)
Prof Caroline Finch
Prof John Sullivan (NZ)
Prof Vicki Andersen
Prof Phil Conaghan (UK)
Prof Mick Molloy (Ire)
Dr Stephen Kiss
Dr David Maddocks
Dr Babette Pluim (Neth)
Dr Barry Jordan (US)
Mr Anthony Ugoni
Mr Gavin Davis
Prof Winne Meeuwisse (Can)
Prof Karim Khan (Can)
A/Prof Chris Briggs
A/Prof Kay Crossley
A/Prof Andrew McIntosh
Dr Tony Schneiders (NZ)
Dr Alex Collie
Dr Gordon Matheson (US)
Dr Simon Kemp (UK)
Dr Simon Barthold
Dr Lisa Hodgson (UK)
Dr Priscilla Barker
Dr Karen Johnston (Can)
Dr Michael Turner (UK)
Mr Alla Sridar (NZ)