Professor Dr. Carolyn Broderick

Biography

Carolyn Broderick is an Associate Professor at the School of Health Sciences at the University of New South Wales Sydney, and a Staff Specialist in Sport and Exercise Medicine at the Children's Hospital Westmead. She serves as the Chief Medical Officer for Tennis Australia and is the Medical Director for the Australian Olympic Team for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Broderick has contributed significantly to the field of sports medicine, including co-developing the Sports Medicine Australia Extreme Heat Policy alongside Professors Ollie Jay and James Smallcombe from the University of Sydney, which was released in 2021. She was also a co-author of a Lancet series on Heat and Health published in August 2021. Her research focuses on injury and illness prevention in sporting populations and the development of evidence-based guidelines for physical activity in children. She has collaborated with the Australian Institute of Sport in developing guidelines for returning to sport in a COVID-19 environment, which were adopted by the AHPPC Federal Cabinet as a framework for restarting sport in Australia. Broderick is committed to improving athlete safety and is actively involved in clinical sports medicine policy development both nationally and internationally, working with organizations such as the International Olympic Committee, Australian Institute of Sport, Sports Medicine Australia, and the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians.

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