Kim Bennell is an academic physiotherapist and currently Professor and Foundation Director of the Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Here she leads a multidisciplinary team from physiotherapy, medicine, science and human movement. She completed a PhD in 1996 investigating the effects of exercise on bone and stress fractures in athletes. Her current research has focused on the role of physiotherapy strategies, including exercise, in the management of musculoskeletal diseases specifically knee osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and shoulder pain. Kim has received numerous awards for her research excellence including the prestigious Australian Society for Medical Research 2004 Amgen Award for outstanding achievement in translational research. She has presented over 40 keynote and invited conference presentations, has more than 100 peer‐reviewed original research articles in leading sports medicine, rehabilitation and medical journals, two text books and 18 invited book chapters in international texts. She has successfully supervised 13 PhD/MDs and four Masters to completion. Kim is committed to ensuring that her work impacts at the clinical and public health level. This has led to her serving on a number of professional and community committees and taskforces. She is also on the editorial board of five international sports medicine journals.
Figure 1 Kim Bennell.