Mark Brown

Mark Brown ( B.App.Sc.(Phty); M.HSc; MBA; GradCertHEd.) has post graduate qualifications in Sports Physiotherapy, Management, and Higher Education. Mark is an Australian Physiotherapy Association Titled Sports and ExercisePhysiotherapist, an IFSPT International Registered Sports Physical Therapist, a Fellow of the Australian Sports Medicine Federation, and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Managers and Leaders.

Mark is currently the Allied Health Clinic Coordinator and Clinic Discipline Lead for Physiotherapy at Australian Catholic University, and an Honorary Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Physiotherapy at Bond University. Mark’s previous positions include: Venue Medical Manager for Triathlon, Marathon and Swimming of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games; Executive Officer of Sports Medicine Australia’s Queensland Branch; Associate Professor (Adjunct) in the Menzies Health Institute Queensland Centre of Musculoskeletal Research at Griffith University; Executive Director, Australian Physiotherapy Association (New South Wales Branch); and Director of Physiotherapy Services for the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games. From 2014 to 2017 Mark also served as a member of the International Olympic Committee’s Oceania Medical Commission. As well as his experience in managing physiotherapy and sports medicine services Mark also has extensive clinical experience as a Sports Physiotherapist including at major sporting events such as the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Athens 2004 Olympics, Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, 2015 Port Moresby Pacific Games and Vanuatu 2017 Pacific Mini Games.

Mark’s main teaching and research interest areas relate primarily to improving safety and performance in sport and physical activity and he has both published and presented on sports injury prevention and performance enhancement, the prevention and management of medical emergencies in sport, and taping techniques for the prevention and management of musculoskeletal conditions. He has conducted many training programs for health professionals, coaches and other athlete support staff in over 20 countries. Mark’s publications include the book ‘Therapeutic Taping for Musculoskeletal Conditions’ which has been translated into several languages, two chapters in the International Olympic Committee ‘Manual of Emergency Medicine in Sport’ and he was the Editor of the Tenth Edition of ‘Sports Medicine for Sports Trainers’.