Women's Health

  • Athlete Healthcare
  • Sports Medicine

The USOPC is committed to supporting the well-being of Team USA athletes throughout their careers. With women representing half of Team USA’s athlete population, the USOPC is focused on the unique challenges and opportunities women athletes may face. In 2022, the USOPC launched the Women’s Health Taskforce, comprised of 16 world-class clinicians, athletes and service providers across various specialties, focus on identifying the needs, developing the resources and solutions, and creating action plans to support the women of Team USA – before, during and after competition. 

The knowledge that is centered around female Olympic athletes and pregnancy is so helpful because there's so much information out there. It's hard to know who to trust and I know I can trust the USOPC.
Athlete participant in women's health webinars.
A group of 12 Team USA women's volleyball players celebrate after winning at the 2024 Olympic Games by raising their fists and flexing their muscles

Education and Outreach

The taskforce is focused on education and outreach on a variety of topics designed to empower and support female athletes and their support networks. Each month, the taskforce hosts a webinar on women’s health topics open to athletes to learn and ask questions.  

Topics have spanned:

  • Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) 
  • Trauma/Abuse/Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) 
  • Menses 
  • Pelvic pain/dysfunction 
  • Hormones 
  • Fertility 
  • Pre- and Postnatal care and exercise 
  • Pregnancy  
  • Nutrition 
  • Training guidelines 

Webinar Resource Handouts 

  • All Things Menstrual Cycle, opens in a new tab
  • Birth Control, opens in a new tab

Women's Health Webinars 

Resources 

USOPC Women's Health Taskforce 

Thank you to the 17 individuals dedicating their expertise and time to the USOPC Women’s Health Taskforce. For a brief video introduction of their background and passion for women's health, please click on the individual taskforce member's names.

  • Kathryn Ackerman, MD, MPH, FACSM; Co-chair

    Amber Donaldson, DPT, MPhysio (Manip), SCS, CSCS, FACSM; Co-chair

    Jessica Bartley, PsyD 

    Erika Brown, PA 

    Ellen Casey, MD 

    Cindy Chang, MD 

    Kelsey Dickinson, Olympic Biathlon

    Jonathan Finnoff, DO

    Amanda Fleece 

  • Sarah Gibson, Olympic Swimming

    Lindsay Golich, MSc. 

    Sara Hendershot, Olympic Rowing

    Rikki Keen, MS, RD, CSSD, CSCS

    Emily Kraus, MD 

    Chimson Oleka, MD, FACOG 

    Mallory Weggemann, Paralympic Swimming

    Gail Wetzler, PT, DPT, EDO, BI-D 

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