
Mick Hughes
Mick is an experienced Physiotherapist & Exercise Physiologist who consults at The Melbourne Sports Medicine Centre.
SPPC for 2019 will showcase another exceptional line up of both internationally and nationally renowed professionals across the sporting spectrum, presenting and sharing their expert knowledge and industry experience for our on-going learning and development and that of our sports people of NZ. This year we will feature speakers across many topical areas; the female athlete, mental wellbeing, performance and prevention, including clinical aspects and practical applications.
Mick is an experienced Physiotherapist & Exercise Physiologist who consults at The Melbourne Sports Medicine Centre.
Dr. Tim Gabbett has over 20 years experience working as an applied sport scientist with athletes and coaches from a wide range of sports.
Stacy T. Sims, is currently a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Waikato after returning to academia from a 6-year hiatus in industry.
Matt is a physiotherapist and exercise physiologist and is currently completing his PhD in injury prevention in football at The University of Wollongong.
John is a Sports Scientist and has been a Senior Lecturer at The University of Wollongong for the past 10 years.
Sharon is a physiotherapist based in Christchurch and is currently the NetballSmart Injury Reduction Programme Manager with Netball New Zealand.
Dan is a Sport and Exercise Physician based at Axis Sports Medicine Specialists and the HPSNZ Training Centre.
Duncan is Professor of Physiotherapy and Associate Dean of Health, Faculty of Health and Environmental; Science, Auckland University of Technology.
Mark is a Sport and Exercise Physician at Axis. Since graduating from medical school in 2001 Mark has worked extensively in sports medicine and is especially interested in injury prevention and the treatment of concussion.
Joe is the RugbySmart Manager at New Zealand Rugby. The RugbySmart Injury Prevention Programme was launched in 2001 in response to an increase in serious spinal injuries. It focusses on coach and referee education to engender player behaviour through annual compulsory workshops.
Simon is a Sport and Exercise Medicine Registrar and joined the Axis team in 2016. Simon Graduated from the Otago School of Medicine in 2002. He spent his initial years working in Emergency Medicine whilst travelling throughout Australia, Asia and Europe.
Kylie Wilson is currently Head of Performance Psychology at HPSNZ and NZOC. Gaining an undergraduate sport science degree at Otago University, she went on to complete a PhD in Sport Psychology at University of Wales, Bangor, UK.