Exercise-Related Hyponatremia and Vasopressin Regulation to Be Topic of Hydration Lecture

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Tamara Hew-Butler

Tamara Hew-Butler, an associate professor of exercise science at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, will speak at noon Friday, Jan. 16, in Room 103 of the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Building on the University of Arkansas campus.

Hew-Butler will give a lecture titled “Exercise Related Hyponatremia and Vasopressin Regulation.”

The lecture is part of the Hydration Lecture Series by the Human Performance Laboratory in the College of Education and Health Professions. RSVP is required by emailing jxa014@uark.edu.

The lecture recording will be available at http://bit.ly/HydrationLectures.

Hew-Butler obtained a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from the University of California at Los Angeles and a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree from Temple University in Philadelphia. She completed a residency and fellowship at the Harris County Podiatric Surgical Residency Program in Houston and also earned a Philosophy Doctor degree from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

She is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and specializes in both sports medicine and exercise physiology. Her expertise is in exercise-associated hyponatremia and the endocrine regulation of fluid balance during exercise. She trained under Timothy D. Noakes, M.D., D.Sc., and Joseph G. Verbalis, M.D., and has published more than 50 papers on the topic.