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Email: media@vu.edu.au
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Tim Newhouse: tim.newhouse@vu.edu.au
+61 3 9919 5183 | +61 434 739 998
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Ann Marie Angebrandt: annmarie.angebrandt@vu.edu.au
+61 3 9919 5487 | +61 401 100 576 -
Frances Atkinson: frances.atkinson@vu.edu.au
Mobile: +61 435 960 793.
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Philip's main area of expertise is the application of large multi-sectoral and multi-regional economic models for policy analysis and forecasting. Since completing his PhD, he has been involved in the implementation of several large models of the Australian economy, including the MMRF dynamic model.
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Professor Anona Armstrong is an expert in corporate governance, evaluation and ethics. She has a PhD in evaluation, policy analysis and applied organisation psychology. Anona has 10 years experience consulting to public and private sector clients, industry and teaching experience, as well as research supervision. She is Director of Sir Zelman Cowen Centre in the Victoria Law School.
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Associate Professor Rob Aughey is the senior sport scientist at the Western Bulldogs Football Club. He undertakes research into the physiology of football, including optimising warm-ups, measuring physical performance through micro-technology, enhanced recovery practices, measuring fatigue after matches, and interventions such as altitude or supplement use.
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Dr Richard Baka specialises in sport and culture, especially Olympic studies, comparative/international sport, sport management and sport history. His area of expertise includes mega sports events, international sport and fitness. Richard has had major public speaking engagements, lectured around the world and was previously a fitness columnist for the Melbourne Age and Herald-Sun newspapers.
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Dr Kevin Ball's areas of expertise and research interests include kicking biomechanics/skill acquisition, golf and feedback of biomechanical data to athletes. Kevin was previously a biomechanist at the Australian Institute of Sport, assistant coach at Fremantle Football Club and currently consults as a specialist kick coach internationally.
