FARM 2025 | Nutrition Session Speakers
Nutrition and Fueling
Delve into pioneering research on nutrition strategies designed to optimize athletic performance. We will explore recent findings from the PAC12 nutrition intervention focused on optimizing energy availability, examine the interplay between fueling habits and circadian biology, and investigate emerging insights on the diet and microbiome’s influence on female health and performance.
MODERATOR
Emily Kraus, MD
Emily Kraus is the Director of the Female Athlete Science and Translational Research (FASTR) Program at the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Stanford. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University and a member of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee Women’s Health Task Force. Her clinical and research expertise focuses on fueling, bone health, injury prevention, and optimizing performance in female athletes.
CO-MODERATOR
Kristen Gravani, MS, RD, CSSD
Kristen Gravani is currently the Performance and Food Allergy Dietitian at Stanford University, where she also served as Director of Sports Nutrition for 10 years, developing evidence-based nutrition strategies to support the health and performance of student-athletes and now the broader student population. With extensive experience in collegiate athletics, she led education and programming to optimize fueling, recovery, and overall well-being for Stanford’s athletic teams.
SPEAKER
Michael Fredericson, MD
Michael Fredericson is Professor and Director of Stanford’s Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Sports Medicine Program, Head Team Physician for Stanford Track & Field and Swimming, and a member of the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance. He is internationally recognized for his work in sports medicine, injury prevention, and lifestyle medicine interventions, such as the Healthy Runner Project —a 7-year, multisite nutrition education intervention aimed at reducing bone stress injury incidence in collegiate distance runners.
SPEAKER
Satchin Panda, PhD
Satchin Panda is Director of the Molecular Athlete Moonshot for the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and is widely recognized for his pioneering work in time-restricted eating and the science of biological clocks. His work exploring the intersections between fueling, biological clocks, and overall health is especially impactful for advancing female athlete health and performance.
SPEAKER
Erica Sonnenburg, PhD
Erica Sonnenburg is a senior research scientist in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the role of diet on the human gut microbiota. She has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in well-respected scientific journals about her studies on the gut microbiota and is the co-author of the book The Good Gut: Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long-term Health.
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