Kate Rattley, PhD student and Human Performance Lab technician at Bournemouth University talks about her research in exercise physiology. Kate’s research is looking at acute and chronic hormone deficits in menopause and the menstrual cycle.
0:00 Introduction to Kate’s research in exercise physiology
3:28 Involvement with the Centre for Midwifery & Women’s Health
3:57 Demand for menstrual cycle research
6:50 Does menopause affect exercise tolerance?
8:15 The 2024 Olympics and female participation in sport
11:11 What does your day-to-day workday look like?
12:28 What studies are you currently working on?
16:30 How does exercise physiology affect women across the lifecycle?
18:11 Barriers to exercise
19:52 Performance laboratories at BU
21:37 Advice for exercising more
23:35 What conversations about women’s health do we need to talk more about?
Links: https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/centre-midwifery-womens-health
Podcast series: https://soundcloud.com/bournemouth-university/sets/bu-womens-health-podcast