Female Performance and Health Initiative

Dr Rachel Harris is the FPHI Project Lead and has been in the role since the initiative began in October 2019. Rachel is a Sport and Exercise Medicine Physician, graduating from the University of Western Australia in 2008. She was previously the Chief Medical Officer for Paralympics Australia.

Not only does Rachel bring more than a decade of experience as a physician, but she also has the lived experience of an elite athlete having represented Australia as a swimmer at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and winning gold in the 800m freestyle at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.