Coates, Alexandra

Coates, Alexandra

PhD, MSc, BSc

Science, Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology

Biography:

Alexandra Coates is an assistant professor and director of the Exercise Physiology and Performance Laboratory at Simon Fraser University. Her research is in applied exercise physiology, with a focus on understanding the impacts of varied exercise stimuli to systems level adaptations. A key objective of the lab is to advance the understanding of adaptive and maladaptive responses to exercise and energy stress in humans, which includes research on sex differences and female-specific exercise physiology, overtraining, under-fuelling, cardiovascular and autonomic responses to prolonged or strenuous exercise, and performance related training monitoring.

Research areas of interest:

Female-specific exercise physiology

Research Themes:

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