Dr. Laura Forrest

Dr. Laura Forrest is a Lecturer in Exercise Physiology at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS). Her interest in the female athlete began while she was working at the sportscotland Institute of Sport as an Exercise Physiologist. Her job there was to use evidence-based approaches to support athletes and coaches from various sports, with the aim of ultimately enhancing elite athlete health, wellbeing, and performance. Today, her research focus is female athletes with the aim of developing a more refined understanding of the role and impact menstrual cycle function and dysfunction can have on female athlete performance.

LET’S TALK ABOUT MENSTRUATION. PERIOD.

August 4, 2020July 14, 2020 Dr. Laura Forrest

Menstruation has long been a subject not talked about in sports. Let’s change that and make things easier for the next generation of female athletes.