IAS Seminar: Women in Sport: Opportunities for International Collaboration and Impact

IAS Residential Fellow Dr Amelia Carr delivers a seminar on their research.

Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, and World Championship events are increasingly held in challenging environmental conditions, particularly hot and humid weather, exacerbating the physiological demands for athletes. These environmental conditions can interact with athletes’ use of evidence-based nutritional interventions. Athletes and their support teams may consider a range of additional factors, including the evidence of differences in adaptations and performance for female compared to male athletes. In this seminar, Dr Amelia Carr from Deakin University will provide an analysis of relevant literature and evaluate the potential translation of research on specific nutritional interventions in challenging environmental conditions, and for females, to high-performance athletes: (1) moderating variables (e.g., supplement dose and timing), (2) design factors (e.g., use of crossover or matched group study design) and (3) athlete-specific factors (e.g., recruitment of highly trained participants). Dr Carr will also share details of Deakin University’s research programme, including the Female Physiology and Performance Initiative.

Arrivals from 11.45am for a 12pm start. For those joining in-person, lunch will be served after the seminar from 1pm.