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STEM and Sports

Females in Sports Related STEM Careers

Did you know that there are thousands of female scientists who love to be athletic, and make a career out of it? So the next time you step on the soccer field or up on the gymnastics beam, think about the science behind it. How much force will it take to send a seven ounce softball from home plate to first base? What are the appropriate levels of glucose and sodium needed for a triathlon? If you love sports or are interested in the way we function daily, then you may have a future in a STEM career.

STEM and Sports: Schedule

Audrey M. Bergouignan

Dr. Bergouignan is a physiology researcher at the University of Colorado at Denver and the French National Center for Scientific Research. She recently studied an all-women trek to the North Pole to understand how the female body adapts to extreme environments.

Stacy Sims

Dr. Stacy Sims is a Stanford-based exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist and the cofounder and chief research officer of OSMO Nutrition, a sports nutrition company. She does Ironman races as a hobby, and specifically studies the female body.

Kathryn Ackerman

Dr. Kathryn Ackerman is director of the Female Athlete Program at Boston Children’s Hospital. She works to increase finding for female athletes, and studying the logistical and methodological hurdles that female athletes face.

Angela Colantonio

Professor Colantonio studies occupational science and occupational therapy, specifically in female anatomy.
She holds the CIHR Chair in Gender, and works at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, UHN.

Katherine Price Snedaker

Katherine Snedaker is the Executive Director and Founder of PINK Concussions, a non-profit focused on female brain injury including concussion from sports, violence, accidents, and military service.

Brittany Towers

Food scientist Brittany Towers found a way to marry her love of food with her interest and curiosity for science. She works on developing the sport drink line, Gatorade, among other products in her job as a senior food scientist at Pepsi.

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