Clare Minahan

Presentation: Trajectory 2032 and the Female Athlete

Clare Minahan, Associate Professor, Griffith University, Queensland

Clare Minahan is an Associate Professor at Griffith University, Queensland Australia, and has led the Griffith Sports Science group since 2002. Clare’s interests are in the advancement of human performance with a key focus on the determinants of performance in female athletes.

She has documented unique responses to exercise in female athletes including  locomotor movement patterns, muscle damage, thermoregulation, and immune function. Clare has published over 85 peer-reviewed scientific articles, has successfully supervised multiple post-doctoral fellows and PhD students to completion, and is currently supervising numerous post-graduate students embedded in Australian high performance sport organisations. These context specific partnerships provide the avenue for vigorous academic research and direct applied sports-science translation.

In 2021, Clare was recognised by Exercise & Sports Science Australia as one of three Female Leaders in Exercise & Sports Science. Clare’s research continues to influence a new generation of exercise and sport professionals to seriously consider the physiology unique to female athletes.