AIMRC Seminar: Innovative Approaches to Improve Physiological Research and Nutrition Application in Women

The Arkansas Integrative Metabolic Research Center (AIMRC) will host Dr. Katie Hirsch, an assistant professor of exercise science from the University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, at 12:55 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 28, in CHEM 0144. Dr. Hirsch's research explores how exercise and nutrition shape body composition, muscle and protein metabolism, cardiometabolic health and performance. Her work emphasizes sex differences and women's health across the lifespan. In her talk, she will share how women's metabolic and muscular physiology is influenced by dynamic hormonal patterns. She will also highlight emerging approaches that offer more feasible, high-resolution and inclusive ways to study women across hormonal profiles and life stages.

Abstract: Women's metabolic and muscular physiology is influenced by dynamic hormonal patterns that traditional research methods often fail to capture. This talk will highlight emerging approaches that offer more feasible, high-resolution, and inclusive ways to study women across hormonal profiles and life stages and how the integration of these tools with established measures of metabolism and body composition could help advance physiological research and the translation of personalized nutrition strategies for women.

Biography: Katie Hirsch, Ph.D., EP-C, FISSN, is an assistant professor in exercise science at the University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the practical application of nutrition and exercise to sustain metabolic health, body composition and performance across the female lifespan. Her recent work has focused on applying innovative methods to characterize hormonal health to advance physiological research and personalized nutrition strategies for women. Hirsch completed postdoctoral training in muscle-protein metabolism at the Center for Translational Research in Aging & Longevity at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, her graduate work (M.A. and Ph.D.) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her undergraduate degree at Truman State University. She was recognized by the NSCA as the Nutrition Researcher of the Year (2024) and was a recipient of the GSSI Women in Sport Science Researcher Award (2024).

This event is supported by NIGMS of the National Institutes of Health under award number P20GM139768. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

Pizza and beverages will be served. Please contact Kimberley Fuller, fullerk@uark.edu, for more information.

For those unable to attend in person, this seminar will also be available via Zoom.