Expertise
I am a French American exercise physiologist, previous collegiate runner, and mother of two, passionate about gaining better scientific knowledge to support healthy sport and nutrition in girls and women across all stages of the lifespan.
My research and community outreach endeavors are guided by a desire to better understand and describe the role of various nutrition and training strategies in the health and performance of female athletes – who have been drastically underrepresented in exercise and sports nutrition research. My research studies have focused on describing the many endocrine and metabolic aberrations that develop in under-fueled and/or over-trained female athletes, as the concept of relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) emerged. My research agenda aims to progress toward the following goals;
· further our understanding of the interplay between exercise and nutrition in shaping the metabolic and musculoskeletal adaptations to training;
· improve nutritional, training, and recovery methods to support these adaptations and prevent musculoskeletal or endocrine-metabolic issues commonly affecting athletes;
· apply our findings to help female athletes, their coaches, and other support staff implement simple strategies to achieve better health and performance.