ESSA media representatives

 

ESSA has a team of sport and exercise scientists who can provide expert advice and useful information to the media on a variety of topics, from exercise and health-related issues to elite sport. If you need an expert on any sport or exercise science issue, please feel free to contact one of our team.

ESSA welcomes enquiries from journalists and media representatives. To get in touch with ESSA spokespersons, arrange an interview, or for further information or resources to support your story, please contact: Kevin Muller, Marketing Communications Officer (kevin.muller@essa.org.au  or 07 3856 5622) or contact a spokesperson direct from the list provided here. 

 

Spokespersons noted here are representing Exercise & Sport Science Australia (ESSA). Therefore ESSA and the spokesperson’s position within ESSA are to be acknowledged in the article.
ESSA spokespersons and ESSA will not endorse a product or service. 

 

Where an article submission is requested from an ESSA spokesperson, then the ESSA spokespersons/ESSA request a copy of the article BEFORE publication and retain the right to edit any material attributed to the ESSA spokesperson / ESSA.

Person
Area
Phone

Belinda Beck

Exercise and osteoporosis

Stress fractures (mechanisms, prevention and management)

 

(07) 5552 8793

Elizabeth Bradshaw

Sports biomechanics

Neuromechanics

Motor control

Injury mechanisms

Sports performance

 

(03) 9953 3030

Andrew Cresswell

Neuromechanics

Sports biomechanics

Sports performance

Musculoskeletal rehabilitation

Gait

Balance

Strength training

 

(07) 3346 8771

David Dunstan

Exercise for Chronic Disease 

Exercise for Metabolic Disease

Physical Activity and Health

Sedentary Behaviour and Health

 

(03) 9258 5911

Adam Fraser

Exercise for Metabolic Disease

 

0409 360 511

Sandi Hayes

Exercise for Cancer

 

(07) 3138 9645

Anita Hobson Powell

AAESS in general

 

(07) 3856 5622 

Matthew Hordern

Exercise for metabolic disease

 

0402 862 460

Nathan Johnson

Exercise for liver disease

Exercise for metabolic disease

Exercise for weight management

Sports Physiology

 

0425 337 317

Jarrod Meerkin

Exercise for Weight Management

 

0421 221 100

Robert Newton

Sports Performance

Exercise for chronic disease

Exercise for cancer

Exercise for ageing

Strength and conditioning

Exercise and mental health

 

(08) 6304 3443

Rebecca Sealey

Exercise interventions for Vietnam veterans/elderly persons with co-morbidities

Exercise and sports performance (outrigger canoeing)

 

(07) 4781 4770

Steve Selig

Exercise for Cardiovascular Disease

Exercise for Chronic Disease 

Exercise for Weight Management     

Exercise for Metabolic Disease          

Exercise for Ageing

 

0418 570 772

Stuart Semple

Sports Physiology

Exercise for Chronic Disease

Musculoskeletal rehabilitation

 

(08) 8946 6716

James Sharman

Exercise for Cardiovascular Disease

Exercise for Hypertension

 

(03) 6226 4709