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Dr  Benjamin Speedy

SPORTS PHYSICIAN

Dr Ben Speedy is sports physician in private practice in Remuera and South Auckland.  Dale has extensive experience in a wide variety of sports including being the Chief Medical Officer for the NZ Olympic Team to Athens in 2004.  He is widely published in the medical problems of endurance exercise, and is recognised as an international expert in exercise associated hyponatraemia.  He also has a research interest in musicians' injuries.  He was awarded a doctorate on Exercise Associated Hyponatraemia by Auckland University in 2001.  He is a Fellow of the Australasian College of Sports Physicians and the American College of Sports Medicine.

Dr Lynley Anderson

Lynley is employed as a senior lecturer at the Bioethics Centre at Otago University. As part of her role she teaches ethics and professional development within the medical, physiotherapy, dentistry and midwifery schools at Otago. Lynley was the former and founding editor of the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry and the New Zealand Bioethics Journal. She is on the Health Research Council Ethics Committee and is the former Chair of the Ethics Committee of the New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists. Her research interests include: Ethics in sports medicine, reproductive ethics, clinical bioethics, professional development, codes of ethics.

Dr Tony Schneiders

PROFESSOR AND DISCIPLINE LEADER - PHYSIOTHERAPY, CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY

Dr Tony Schneiders’s research expertise lies in the detection and management of sports-related concussion. He is currently Professor and Discipline leader in Physiotherapy at Central Queensland University, an executive member of the International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy, and an Associate Editor of the journal Physical Therapy in Sport. Amongst other sports -related projects, Dr Schneiders’s research team has developed quantitative sideline screening measures to assess upper limb coordination and balance deficits following a suspected concussion which are currently used globally in the latest version of the Sports Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT).  The team have also explored the use of social media in disseminating accurate information and promoting best practice management to young adults who have sustained a concussion

Dr Erica Hinckson

ASSOCIATE DEAN (Postgraduate)

Erica Hinckson is an Associate Professor in Physical Activity with a particular focus on children. She is also the Associate Dean Postgraduate for the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences at Auckland University of Technology.  She researches across faculty institutes and centres with particular affiliation to the Centre for Child Health Research -National Institute of Public Health and Mental Health and Human Potential Centre. Her research focuses on the effects of the environment on physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children and children in special schools.

Mr Andy Stokes

ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON

Dr Rod Corban -

SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST

Rod studied at the University of Auckland graduating with a both a Bachelors and Masters of Science (Hons) in Psychology.  After working in the Psychology Department he took up a PhD Scholarship in the School of Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Birmingham UK.  After studying and working in the UK for over 12 years he returned to NZ at the end of 2004.  Since his return he has worked with many of NZ’s top athletes and attended both the Olympics and Paralympics as part of the support team.  He currently works with NZ Rowing, Paralympics NZ, Hockey NZ as well as consulting to ANZ Netball Franchises and the NZRFU.  Additionally, he works with individuals from a variety of sports and areas outside of the sporting domain where optimal performance is important.  When he is not working, Rod enjoys coaching his children’s Rugby and Cricket teams and eating too much food.

Dr Angela Cadogan

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