Invited Speaker
Throughout this year’s conference events, I will continue to fold in elements of transformational change and situational leadership as we discuss how to shape training and sport experiences that honor the hormonal landscape of the biological female athlete.
Though education is the critical starting point in supporting female athlete health and well-being, athletes must also feel psychologically and emotionally safe within their sport space for education to be received and utilized in appropriate ways. For coaches and leaders in sport, this means we must be equally adept at providing sound education while simultaneously cultivating environments in which athlete well-being is centered and seen to live in harmony with peak performance.
Though this may sound straightforward in theory, with the prevalence of multi-symptom REDs in female athletes as high as 37% across various sport groups (Rogers et al., 2020), we know we have a great deal of work to do as leaders to ensure that healthy, equitable spaces are the norm for women and girls in sport.
Northwest Association for Sport in Higher Education Forum, April 5, 2024, Seattle, WA
Coaches’ Perceived Roles in Supporting Women’s-Specific Health Literacy in Female Athletes
University of Washington School of Pharmacy, Sept 7, 2023, Seattle, WA
Maximizing Student Engagement and Fostering Impactful Learning: Application Workshop
Athens Institute for Education and Research, International Conference on Sport and Exercise Science, July 24-27, 2023, Athens, Greece
Honoring the Biopsychosocial Needs of Female Athlete and Teams: How the University of Washington’s IAL Program is Preparing Coaches to Best Support Female Athletes
Conference program found here.
University of Washington School of Pharmacy Curriculum Summit, June 22, 2023, Seattle, WA
Maximizing Student Engagement and Fostering Impactful Learning
National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE) Conference, January 5th, 2023, New Orleans, LA
Honoring the Biopsychosocial Needs of Female Athlete and Teams: Educational Leadership Strategies for Shaping More Equitable Spaces for Women and Girls in Sport
Information and conference registration: NAKHE conference speaker page.
(Carbon offset # 29778, thegoodtraveler.org)
Western Society for Kinesiology and Wellness (WSKW) Conference, October 2022, Oakland, CA
Honoring the Biopsychosocial Needs of Female Athletes: Educational Leadership to Support More Equitable Experiences for Women and Girls in Sport
(Carbon offset # 29780, thegoodtraveler.org)
United States Center for Coaching Excellence (NSCCE) Coach Development Summit, June 2022, Spokane, WA
Honoring the Biopsychosocial Needs of Female Athletes and Teams
Stratford Hall International Baccalaureate World School, August - June 2021-2022, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Supporting the Biopsychosocial Needs of Female Student-Athletes
Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) Coaches School, July 2021, Seattle, WA
Teaching and Fostering Biopsychosocial Health and Well-being for Adolescent Student-Athletes
Harvard | Boston Children’s Hospital Female Athlete Conference, June 2021, Boston, MA
Why Isn’t Women’s-Specific Training More Widespread within Sport? Bridging the Gap Between Research and Applied Practice
University of Washington, January 2020, Seattle, WA
Fostering Healthy Sport Cultures for Female Athletes
Seattle Children’s Hospital, December 2019, Seattle, WA
A Biopsychosocial Model for Supporting Female Athletes
Lakeside School, Annually Spring 2018-Present, Seattle, WA
Meeting the Needs of Female Athletes: Training, Nutrition, and Emotional Well-being
Swedish Hospital Sports Medicine, May 2017, Seattle, WA
Nutrition and Endocrine Health for Female Cyclists
Group Health Cooperative, Annually spring 2015-2018, Seattle, WA
Supporting Physical and Emotional Well-being in Female Endurance Athletes