We are honored to have special guest speaker and former pro cyclist Traci Carson PHD, MPH join us for a discussion with our girls about women’s specific sports nutrition, strength training, injury prevention, body positivity and more.  Traci will speak from 3:00-4:00, the discussion is geared toward MS and HS aged girls but all are welcome.  We are asking parents to sit this one out so our girls feel comfortable asking questions.  Traci will offer a parents session for all that are interested via conference call.  Please reach out to Karen if you are interested.  We hope to see you there! 

Traci also offers teen classes for girls in all sports that want to get stronger, improve mobility, and prevent common injuries and improve nutrition pitfalls.  Please click the link here for her flyer. 

Traci’s Bio

Dr. Traci Carson is a public health professional with deep expertise in female athlete and women’s health research. She currently serves as a Director of Research at HCA Healthcare and has previously held roles as Department Epidemiologist in Emory University’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at Brown University, and Education and Research Lead at LOOM, a digital health platform.

Traci holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Behavioral Health and a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at NYU Langone Hospital, where she further developed her expertise in clinical and translational research. Her work has focused on menstrual cycle disorders in female athletes, disordered eating, and relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S). She has authored over a dozen peer-reviewed publications on these topics, and her research has been featured in New York Times bestselling books.

In addition to her academic and clinical work, Traci was a former Division I rower at the University of Michigan and more recently competed as a member of the LA Sweat Domestic Elite road racing team, bringing firsthand athletic experience to her research and applied work.