2024 FELLOWSHIP WINNER ANNOUNCED

The 2024 Ken Fitch Fellowship has been awarded to Dr Bonnie McRae at the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Medicine Physician (ACSEP) Annual Scientific Conference in Wellington.

Dr McRae, a Sport and Exercise Medicine Registrar from Brisbane, works both in private practice and at the Queensland Academy of Sport. She is also the Chief Medical Officer at Bowls Australia and at Brisbane Broncos NRLW team.

The annual 12-month Fellowship is awarded to a Sport and Exercise Medicine Registrar who has shown a passion to develop their knowledge of Sports Medicine and be an advocate for fair sport in their current roles.

Dr McRae cares for athletes from a variety of sports and performance levels – from community club through to international competition, individual sport and team sport athletes, able-bodied and para-athletes.

As a result, she has a strong interest in anti-doping medicine to ensure positive outcomes for the athletes she works with.

“I'm honoured to have been selected as the recipient of the 2024 Professor Ken Fitch Anti-Doping Fellowship,” Dr McRae said.

“I'm really excited to further my knowledge around anti-doping, clean sport, and Australian Sport Drug Medical Advisory Committee (ASDMAC)/Sport Integrity Australia processes that occur behind the scenes. I think by improving my knowledge and understanding in this field as a doctor in the science and exercise medicine field, I will be able to pass on what I have learnt to both the individual athletes and organisations I interact with.

“Through this we can broaden the general anti-doping knowledge of athletes and sporting organisations and spread the principles of anti-doping and clean sport.”

The Fellowship honours the work of Adjunct Professor Ken Fitch AO, who was the inaugural Chair of ASDMAC until his retirement in 2013, and helped to develop and shape the field of sports medicine in Australia and internationally.