Kirsty Elliott-Sale, PhD, FHEA

Kirsty Elliott-Sale, PhD, FHEA (Nottingham Trent University), is a professor of female exercise physiology and the head of the Musculoskeletal Physiology Research Group at Nottingham Trent University. In addition to research on female athletes, her work in recent years has involved designing and implementing exercise interventions during and following pregnancy in a variety of populations, including servicewomen (i.e., military personnel), athletes, and women with obesity. She is an international leader on female athlete study methodology and the impacts of oral contraceptives and menstrual cycle phases on female athletic performance and health.