BSc, MBChB, MRCGP (2011), MScSEM, MSc Med Ultrasound, PgCert Med Education, FFSEM

Consultant, Sport and Exercise Medicine, Ministry of Defence; PhD Candidate University of Glasgow, UK

Dr Alethea McHardy is a Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine for the Ministry of Defence (MoD), based at the Regional Rehabilitation Unit for Scotland. She has worked for the MoD for over 10 years alongside her work in elite sport, examining for the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine, and has taught on the BASEM Foundation Skills course for 12 years. 

In 2024, she commenced a PhD investigating health outcomes in ex-servicewomen (musculoskeletal, reproductive, breast, and ovarian cancer). She is passionate about shaping policy through evidence-based research and sits on the UK Armed Forces and Veterans Cross-Party Working Group embedded within the Scottish Government. In February 2025, she was awarded a prestigious PhD Fellowship by the Colt Foundation. She will be presenting following her talk at the Canadian Institute for Military Veterans Health Research Forum in Ottawa, Canada, in October 2025.