DrRhiannon Snipe

Dr Rhiannon Snipe leads and supervises research in sports nutrition, women's health, and exercise physiology. Her work focuses on understanding how nutrition, hormones, and physical activity influence health, wellbeing, participation, and performance in women across the lifespan. She has particular expertise in female athlete health, menstrual cycle and hormonal influences on exercise, gastrointestinal health, and the effects of environmental stressors such as heat on human physiology. Her research aims to generate evidence that informs practical recommendations for active women, health professionals, and sporting organisations.

Knowledge Areas

• Sports nutrition
• Women's health
• Female athlete health and performance
• Hormonal influences (menstrual cycle, hormonal contraception, menopause transition) on women's health and exercise
• Exercise physiology
• Gastrointestinal health and exercise
• Heat stress / mitigation and human performance