Why we need a Title IX for research | Emily Capodilupo | TEDxBoston

Only 6% of athletic performance research focuses on females, this means that the "best practices" guiding our training are mostly made up rather than rooted in science. Not only is this keeping women from reaching their true potentials, but it also puts them at real (but avoidable) risks. My talk explores research done using continuous vital sign monitoring from wearable devices to highlight the damage done by excluding women from exercise physiology research.

Emily Capodilupo is the Senior Vice President of Data Science and Research at WHOOP, Inc., where she leads all efforts around creating algorithms to optimize human performance using physiological data and oversees research efforts which have included novel findings around predicting risk for COVID-19 and modulating training according to the menstrual cycle’s hormonal fluctuations. Her passion is leveraging the uniquely large and context-rich datasets enabled by wearable technology to uncover insights that fill gaps left by traditional academic research. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx