Sports Medicine
National Network Lead: Dr David Hughes
Dr David Hughes is the current AIS Chief Medical Officer and is a fellow and former President and Chair of Training of the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians.
David has extensive experience as team physician in Basketball, Rugby, and Football. David was the Medical Director of the Australian Olympic Team for both the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
David is based in Canberra.
Resources
- AIS Sports Science Sports Medicine Best Practice Principles, opens in a new tab
- Urinary Tract Infections, opens in a new tab
- Smoke pollution and exercise, opens in a new tab
- Genetics, opens in a new tab
- Blood flow restriction training guidelines, opens in a new tab
- Intravenous fluids and their use in sport, opens in a new tab
- Breath Hold Training, opens in a new tab
- Sport Specialisation in Young Athletes, opens in a new tab
- COVID-19 and Sporting Activity, opens in a new tab
- Concussion in sport, opens in a new tab
*The Clearinghouse for Sport is the information and knowledge sharing platform for Australian sport.
- Australasian College of Sports Physicians (ACSEP), opens in a new tab
- Australian Medical Association (AMA), opens in a new tab
- Exercise and Sport Science Australia (ESSA), opens in a new tab
- Sports Medicine Australia (SMA), opens in a new tab
- Australian Sports Technology and Research Inventory, opens in a new tab
- Biomechanics, opens in a new tab
- Performance Analysis, opens in a new tab
- Performance Nutrition, opens in a new tab
- Performance Support, opens in a new tab
- Physical Therapies, opens in a new tab
- Physiology, opens in a new tab
- Psychology, opens in a new tab
- Skill Acquisition , opens in a new tab
- Strength & Conditioning , opens in a new tab