Episode 196: Dr. Emily Kraus on Female Athlete Research, including bone health, stress fractures, and RED-S

If you have been around the female athlete research space, you've likely heard of Dr. Emily Kraus, M.D. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford Children’s Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center and the Director of the new FASTR (Female Athlete) Program. We dive into research surrounding bone health/stress fractures, RED-S, and health as a foundation to performance for female athletes. Read more about Emily below.
Emily's Bio:
Dr. Emily Kraus is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford Children’s Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center. She is board-certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) sports medicine and takes a unique approach to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of sports injuries. She serves as the Director of the Stanford Female Athlete Program focused on female-specific translational research to answer fundamental physiological and sports performance questions important to improving the health and performance of girls and women, including the topics of bone health, the Female Athlete Triad, RED-S, running biomechanics, and mental health. Dr. Kraus also serves as the Medical Director of the Stanford Children’s Motion Analysis and Sports Performance Lab, focused on cutting edge biomechanics research with a strong clinical application.
She is involved in multiple Stanford IRB-approved research projects, including The Healthy Runner Project, a multi-center prospective interventional study focused on bone stress injury prevention in collegiate middle and long distance runners. She also has research and clinical interests in youth sports specialization, endurance sports medicine, injury prevention, running biomechanics, and adaptive sports.
Dr. Kraus proudly grew up a 3-sport high school athlete in small town Nebraska and is now an avid runner and cyclist, completing 9 marathons, including Boston Marathon twice and California International Marathon in 2019 with a time of 2:50. With staying physically active as one of her personal passions, she recognizes how sport participation plays a valuable role in the physical, emotional, professional, and social development of a child and adolescent and is committed to maintaining these ideals for the next generation of youth athletes.
Connect with Dr. Emily Kraus:
Website https://emilykrausmd.com/
Director Stanford Female Athlete Science and Translational Research (FASTR) Program, Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Stanford
Medical Director Motion Analysis and Sports Performance Lab
This episode is part of our "Health as a Foundation to Sport" podcast series. 
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