Meet the Sports Medicine Australia board members.

Chair
Dr Kay Copeland
Specialist Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist (VIC)

Director
Professor Garry Allison
Sports Physiotherapist, Researcher, Academic, Curtin University (WA)

Director
Professor Belinda Beck
Exercise Science (QLD)
Belinda Beck is a Professor of Exercise Science at Griffith University (Gold Coast, QLD) and the Menzies Health Institute Queensland. Her work, primarily related to the effects of mechanical loading on bone, has involved both animal and human models, from basic to clinical research. Her particular focuses have been exercise interventions across the lifespan for the prevention of osteoporotic fractures, and the management of bone stress injuries in athletes and military recruits. She is founding Director of The Bone Clinic, a translational research facility and clinical practice providing evidence-based exercise (Onero) for people living with osteoporosis. She is a Fellow of Sports Medicine Australia (SMA), the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and Exercise Sports Science Australia (ESSA). She is Chair of the ESSA Research Committee and has served on the SMA QLD State Council and SMA and ESSA Conference Program Committees.

Director
Michael Kenihan
APA Sports Physiotherapist (VIC)

Director
Professor Gregory Kolt
Dean of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University (NSW)

Director
Dr Laura Lallenec
Sport and Exercise Medicine Physician (VIC)

Director
Gary Nicholls
Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist (VIC)

Director
Tim Pain
Podiatrist (TAS)