Our team

Exercise Physiology students in the UNSW Medicine Lifestyle Clinic

Our clinic staff are fully accredited exercise physiologists with extensive experience in exercise therapy and rehabilitation.

Associate Professor Belinda Parmenter
Head of UNSW Medicine & Health Lifestyle Clinic

A/Prof Belinda Parmenter is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist with over 25 years of experience in developing, prescribing and delivering exercise programs for persons with cardiovascular disease. She is passionate about finding ways to make exercise easier to do, and to help people become more physically active throughout their day. Her research focuses on prevention of cardiovascular disease across the lifespan, but she also has a specialty in researching interventions for those with heart or peripheral artery disease.

Alexandra Smith
Practice Manager

Having completed her studies at UNSW, Alex has been practicing as an Accredited Exercise Physiologist (AEP) for over a decade, in addition to managing a private EP clinic for several years. Through her work in private practice, Alex has furthered her knowledge and experience in assisting with the management of a wide variety of chronic conditions and strives to equip individuals with the knowledge to lead active and healthy lifestyles. During her time as practice manager, she has nurtured a passion for optimising the function and culture of the clinic to better serve clients, students and staff alike.

Elise Helfensdorfer
BAppSc (ExPhys) ESSAM AEP 
Lifestyle Kids & Lifestyle Plus Coordinator

Elise is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist who has worked in a diverse range of environments gaining exposure to an array of chronic diseases and conditions. Her skills and knowledge have developed through her experiences working with a variety of clientele including post-operative rehabilitation, musculoskeletal conditions, metabolic diseases and neurological conditions – including Parkinson’s disease. Elise is passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of others through behavioural change, education, and exercise prescriptions. She thrives on motivating her clients and helping them reach their goals.

Boris Bojanovic
BExPhys MClinExPhys ESSAM AES AEP
Associate Lecturer (Education Focused) - Exercise Physiology, UNSW

Boris is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist with over a decade of clinical, non-clinical and teaching experience. He has a broad range of experience across cardiac rehabilitation, neurorehabilitation, mental health, arthritis and metabolic disease. Boris aims to empower people to take charge of their health and get the most out of their lives.