Media Highlights
Members of our committee are frequently featured in the media and in podcasts. Explore this living document and browse some media highlights below:
Conference Founder and Director, Dr. Kate Ackerman spoke at TEDx
Dr. Ackerman, alongside Clara Wu Tsai and Mary Cain spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival
Articles
Runner's World: Are Breastfeeding Runners at Greater Risk of Bone Injuries?
National Geographic: Can tracking your period lead to a better workout?
Sports Business Journal: Research gap still keeping female athletes on the sidelines
Stat News: After decades of neglecting women athletes, sport and exercise medicine is finally catching up
CBC Sports: From 'surviving' to pain-free: How runner DeBues-Stafford overcame serious injuries
Boston Globe: As women’s sports continue to grow, mental health care for female athletes remains years behind
The New Yorker: The Injury That Has Upended the Women’s World Cup
Runner's World: What to Know About Running and Birth Control and Whether Oral Contraceptives Affect Performance
CNN: How being a mom changes the game for elite tennis players
Boston Herald: Regulating youth sports in Massachusetts a possibility as lawmakers float governing body
Runner's World: Top College Running Programs Move Away From Body Composition Testing
AP News: Pregnancy and sports a challenging combination for female professional athletes
Runner's World: How Hormone Therapy Might Affect Athletes Like Caster Semenya
AP News: In post-Roe world, college coaches search for middle ground
Outside Magazine: Is Your Hormonal Birth Control Affecting Your Athletic Performance?
As Title IX's first generation ages, research needed to identify effects of playing sports | Opinion
Miami Herald: Doctors raise concerns over Florida possibly requiring student athletes’ menstrual info
Well + Good: Why There’s Such a Big Gap in Women’s Sports Performance Research—And What’s Being Done About It
Global Sport Matters: What Happens When An Athlete Takes ‘The Pill’?
Podcasts
Fast Talk Femmes Podcast: How to Avoid Overtraining—with Dr. Trent Stellingwerff
Ultimate Sports Parent Podcast: Why Girls Drop out of Sports at Higher Rates than Boys
IRACELIKEAGIRL: Fueled is Faster - Athlete Nutrition with Laura Moretti Reece, RD
FINAL SCORE PODCAST: Player Fueling Tips During The Holiday Season
Fast Talk Femmes: Optimizing Altitude Training with Dr. Trent Stellingwerff
IRACELIKEAGIRL: Fueling for Athletic Performance with Laura Moretti Reece, RD
From Red Flags to Recovery: A Deep Dive into Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Strategies for Managing REDs.
SASMA Podcast: The Female Athlete
IRACELIKEAGIRL: Understanding Perimenopause and Menopause in the Female Athlete with Dr. Kate Ackerman
Tutu Thin: A Podcast for Dancers – Welcome Nicole Farnsworth MS, RD, CSSD, LDN, CPT from the Female Athlete Program at Boston Children's Hospital
Muscle and Ligament Strength in Menopause with Kathryn Ackerman, MD, MPH
That's What She Said with Sarah Spain: Dr. Kate Ackerman
JOSPT Insights: Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport—what it is and how the sports rehabilitation clinician can help, with Dr Kathryn Ackerman