Women in Sport Congress

9 March 2026 - Session 1

• Opening Remarks. Presenters: Dr Rachel Harris and Prof. Clare Minahan.
• Introducing the Evidence Gap Map in women's sport research. Panelists: Sophia Nimphius, Dr Anjana Rajendra and Dr Nicole Hallett.
• CEOs in the hot seat. You can’t ask that! Panelists: Kim Crane, Marne Fechner and Sarah Cook.
• An athlete-centered approach: empowering adolescent female athletes. Presenter: Garrett Gross.
• Eighteen days of energy availability assessment during an altitude training camp in elite female rowers. Presenter: Dr Alannah McKay.
• Power hitting in elite female cricketers: developing applied methods to improve performance. Presenter: Dr Sean Hardy.
• Exploring iron variability in elite Indigenous and non-Indigenous female rugby league athletes. Presenter: Emily Sullivan.
• Supporting elite Australian track and field athletes within the peri-natal space. Presenter: Victoria Kahn.
• Sport science and medicine research in high-performing female athletes: An updated scoping review. Presenter: Natalia Galan-Lopez.

9 March 2026 - Session 2

• Balancing Dreams: Youth, pressure, and performance in women's sport. Presenter: Dr Karlee Quinn.
• Identifying modifiable factors of psychological resilience in high performance populations. Presenter: Prof. Tiffany Stewart.
• Adolescent girls’ perspectives and experiences on sport participation. Presenter: A/Prof. Michelle Smith.
• Female hormonal cycle symptoms, strength, and micronutrient status in elite adolescent athletes. Presenter: Andrea Roffler.
• Sport-related concussion in adolescent female athletes: case vignettes from a physiotherapy clinic. Presenter: Anna O’Loughlin.
• AIS elite youth athlete (EYA) guidelines. Presenter: Dr Graham Turner.
• Confidence in motion: rebuilding the inner game for teenage girls in sport. Presenter: Jackson Silvester-Lee.
• Hormonal contraception and bone health in elite female Canadian athletes. Presenter: Dr Lauren Burt.
• The youth female football greenhouse: an example from the junior Matildas. Presenter: Dr Stella Veith.
• The Early Edge: Young Athletes on Success, Pressure and Possibility. Panelists: Grace Kuilamu, Holly Warn and Ruby Pass.

9 March 2026 - Session 3

• Next-Level Performance: Women, Sport and the Power of Innovation. Presenter: Prof. David Martin.
• Novel dietary intake measurement in elite female rowers during altitude training. Presenter: Prof. Louise Burke.
• Applied sports science and medicine for female cricket players: Systematic scoping review. Presenter: Dr Jolandi Jacobs.
• Testosterone concentrations in endurance-trained and resistance-trained athletes. Presenter: Dr Xanne Janse de Jonge.
• Training quality across menstrual cycle phases in well-trained female triathletes: a mixed-methods study. Presenter: Maria Luz Poblete Baldrich.
• Exploring the influence of hormone fluctuations on perceptual-cognitive and motor skills. Presenter: Dr Kylie Steel.
• Profiling performance potential in female sprint kayakers: the role of inheritable traits. Presenter: Annabelle McLaren.
• Genetic factors and menstrual cycle-related symptoms in elite athletes: results from the in:prove project. Presenter: Dr Maire-Theres Fleddermann. (Video not available)
• Risk-taking in elite female combat athletes. Presenter: Elisha Hurley.
• Building the System: Implementing Healthcare Practice and Policy in AFLW. Presenters: Dr Laura Lallenec and Suzie Cosh. (Video not available)

10 March 2026 - Session 1

• Opening Remarks. Presenters: Dr Rachel Harris and Prof. Clare Minahan.
• Female, Woman, and/or Girl Athlete Injury prevention (FAIR). Presenters: Kay Crossley and Emily Heming. (Video not available)
• Dissemination and implementation of injury prevention interventions. A scoping review for the FAIR. Presenter: Dr Brooke Patterson.
• Gender/sex-specific considerations for sport-related injury: FAIR consensus. Presenter: Melissa Haberfield.
• Female athlete health - injury epidemiology spanning 41 sports: a scoping review of 288 studies. Presenter: Dr Siobhan Brodrick.
• “Recognising and taking action on negative body image and ED/DE”: education for female HP athletes. Presenter: Nikki Jeacocke.
• Evaluation, treatment and oestradiol replacement in a female diver with delayed menarche and stress. Presenter: Dr Rachel Bradbury.
• Revisiting REDs screening: updated insights on the LEAF-Q and EDE-Q in collegiate female athletes. Presenter: Dr Melissa Lodge.
• Development and deployment of an eating disorder taskforce in an NCAA division I athletic department. Presenter: Prof. Tiffany Stewart.
• Body image, injury likelihood, and sport performance among a gender diverse sample of elite athletes. Presenter: Dr Delaney Thibodeau.
• Understanding culture. Enhancing cultural intelligence. Strengthening performance. Pannelists: Libby Cooke-Black, Maria Luz Poblete Baldrick and Dr Cherianne Taim.

10 March 2026 - Session 2

• Creating Pregnancy and Postpartum Protocols for Women in Elite Sport. Presenter: Prof. Margie Davenport.
• Pelvic health screening in female athletes: a scoping review. Presenter: Dr Jodie Dakic.
• The POSTFIT study: reliability and construct validation of a testing battery for postpartum exercise. Presenter: Samantha Walsh.
• Watt to expect when you’re expecting: a case study of an elite cyclist’s pregnancy. Presenter: Paris Jones.
• Exercise and egg retrieval: an online survey of recreational and elite athlete experiences. Presenter: Mackenzie Farris.
• Integrating postpartum return to play guidelines in contact sport. Presenter: Siobhan Shirlaw. (Video not available)
• Beyond knowledge: evaluating the impact of menstrual cycle education in female team sports. Presenter: Esther Goldsmith.
• World Cup winner 100 days postpartum; how research helped and hindered an elite athlete. Presenter: Jacinta Carroll.
• Supporting Elite Athletes Through Every Stage of Parenthood. Panelists: Tiarna Ernst, Bonnie McRae, Melanie Hayman, Kelsey Lee Barber and Mike Barber. (Video not available)

10 March 2026 - Session 3

• Parallels Between Astronaut and Athlete Preparation. Presenter: Katherine Bennell Pegg. (Video not available)
• Mental, Emotional and Career Journeys After Sport. Presenter: Chloe Hosking.
• Creating Products and Spaces That Support Female Athletes. Panelists: Taryn McQueen, Prof. Sarah Kelly and Dr Joanna Parsonage. (Video not available)