Feeling Quite Sprightly with Rebecca Randell and Carolyn Braff

About this episode

Rebecca Randell and Carolyn Braff discuss Gatorade's Body of Science initiative and the research gap affecting female athletes.

Associate Principal Scientist at the Gatorade Sports Science Institute Rebecca Randell and Vice President of Sports & Entertainment at PepsiCo Carolyn Braff join Sarah to discuss Gatorade’s new Body of Science initiative, the current research gap impacting female athletes, what they’re hoping to learn from their ongoing studies, and the not-so-glamorous work of a sports scientist.

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Spain

Guests: Rebecca Randell, Carolyn Braff

Topics covered

• female athletes
• sports science
• Gatorade Body of Science
• research gap
• sports research

Keywords

• Gatorade
• sports science
• female athletes
• research
• PepsiCo

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gatorade Sports Science Institute, PepsiCo

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