Dr. Stacy Sims

And then got into ultra running when I was doing my master's at Springfield. And then I started getting into more Ironman distance stuff before I started my PhD.

Yeah. So that was my master's.

Yeah. So that was my master's.

That again was exercise, phys and metabolism.

That again was exercise, phys and metabolism.

So my PhD was looking at differences between men and women in heat performance and how you acclimatize to it and how you hydrate for it, as well as looking between menstrual cycle phases and oral contraceptive pill use in women. And again, all of these topics were designed because of questions I had for myself or teammates had. And then from PhD, I went to Stanford and was working –

So my PhD was looking at differences between men and women in heat performance and how you acclimatize to it and how you hydrate for it, as well as looking between menstrual cycle phases and oral contraceptive pill use in women. And again, all of these topics were designed because of questions I had for myself or teammates had. And then from PhD, I went to Stanford and was working –

in the high-performance lab and then moved over to do a postdoc with Marcia Stefanik, who was the PI for the Women's Health Initiative. So looking at hormone replacement therapy in menopausal women, but also looking at exercise as a cohort to that. And I had another hand in the high performance research in human biology. So I would mesh human performance with public health.

in the high-performance lab and then moved over to do a postdoc with Marcia Stefanik, who was the PI for the Women's Health Initiative. So looking at hormone replacement therapy in menopausal women, but also looking at exercise as a cohort to that. And I had another hand in the high performance research in human biology. So I would mesh human performance with public health.

And then that transcend into a lot of the stuff that I do now, looking at what can we do, taking some of the ideas from high performance and apply it to general population.

And then that transcend into a lot of the stuff that I do now, looking at what can we do, taking some of the ideas from high performance and apply it to general population.

And how does that improve people's longevity, wellbeing, but also for those who are trying to be parents who have a high performing job, who want to do well in their age group, race, whatever it is, how can we maximize some of the things we know from high performance with regards to sleep, heat, cold, and apply that to a person who's just trying to get everything done and what small things they can tweak to improve their own training and performance.

And how does that improve people's longevity, wellbeing, but also for those who are trying to be parents who have a high performing job, who want to do well in their age group, race, whatever it is, how can we maximize some of the things we know from high performance with regards to sleep, heat, cold, and apply that to a person who's just trying to get everything done and what small things they can tweak to improve their own training and performance.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I am a research scientist at AUT. It's where most of my PhD students are. And we have a women's health program. And then I also have an adjunct with the lifestyle medicine at Stanford. So that's where a lot of the public health research comes in.

I am a research scientist at AUT. It's where most of my PhD students are. And we have a women's health program. And then I also have an adjunct with the lifestyle medicine at Stanford. So that's where a lot of the public health research comes in.

There are sex differences in utero. I mean, when we look at... What does that mean? So sex differences when the baby's developing.

There are sex differences in utero. I mean, when we look at... What does that mean? So sex differences when the baby's developing.

So we look at stress and the mom under stress. We see that there's a higher incidence of a miscarriage if it's a developing boy fetus than a girl fetus. And it has to do with XX versus XY. Okay. Then after birth, we see that there's relatively little sex difference that is apparent until the onset of puberty.