Yale Medical School Professor to Give Talk on Environmental Physiology and Fluid Regulation

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Nina Stachenfeld

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Nina Stachenfeld, an associate professor at Yale University School of Medicine, will speak on “Integrative Environmental Physiology and Fluid Regulation” at noon Wednesday, Dec. 3, in the Graduate Education Building auditorium on the University of Arkansas campus.

The lecture is part of the Hydration Lecture Series hosted by the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation in the College of Education and Health Professions. RSVP is required by emailing jxa014@uark.edu. The auditorium is Room 166 in the Graduate Education Building.

The lecture recording will be available online the next day at http://bit.ly/HydrationLectures.

Stachenfeld is a Fellow at the Pierce Laboratory and an associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Yale’s School of Medicine and School of Public Health. She is an expert in reproductive hormone effects on cardiovascular, temperature and fluid regulation in humans.

Over the past 20 years, Stachenfeld has developed a paradigm in humans to isolate the effects of these hormones on physiological systems regulating thermoregulation, cardiovascular function and fluid regulation.

She has approximately 70 research publications and has been supported by government, private and industry grants throughout her career. Her current work focuses on the effects of testosterone, estradiol and progesterone exposures on endothelial function in women with polycystic ovary syndrome, as well as fluid regulation and cognitive function in women.