Joshua Wooten, Ph.D.

Professor of Exercise Physiology

Research Objectives

The overall goal of my research is to improve the performance and health of the female athlete during and following their athletic career. My current research team is using the Biopsychosocial Model, to measure physiological and psychosocial factors during the competitive season to develop predictive models to better understand the needs of the female athlete. Undergraduate research assistants are accomplishing this goal through: 

1) conducting audits and systematic reviews of the literature to evaluate bias against female athletes in sport with regards to training, injury treatment, and return-to-play strategies, and 

2) monitoring in-season and off-season psychological and physiological factors on female athletic performance and sport-related injury. 

In the Fall, we plan to incorporate wearable technologies in our research to determine the relationship between tracking and physiological data with athletic performance outcomes.