Christine Yu
@cyu888
Author of UP TO SPEED: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes (out NOW). Freelance journalist. SciComm. Pro napper. IG: cyu888 - @christineyu.bsky.social
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My latest for The Globe and Mail! Big thanks to Melissa Grelo Amanda Thebe Christine Yu and Dr. Carla DiGirolamo for sharing their stories and expertise!
Here we go, because of this test coverup from way back in 2012, Alysia Montaño stands to receive her rightful bronze medal from the 2012 Olympic Games 800m final. While Alysia should get the medal she earned, I can’t help but think of how different her life would
Just started Christine Yu's book Up to Speed on the #Science of #WomenAthletes . Assigning her webinar w Emory Human Health for X-cred to my Hist of Skiing class. Will use it next week in our session on Athletes' Bodies. Highly recommend. #sportshistory Emory History youtube.com/watch?v=kPETGi…
An area of sports science that needs demystification, destigmatization, & reimagination is the menstrual cycle. The biases inherent in studying menstruation have led to missed opportunities.
Learn more about menstruating athletes & Christine Yu’s research in Membership.
Emory Human Health Maryn McKenna Christine Yu Georgia Center for the Book (GCB) Science Gallery Atlanta Decatur Book Festival Kara Goucher Alex Hutchinson Emory University Emory College Riverhead Books Harvard Kennedy School This was awesome. I’m buying your book & will include some of this in my Emory History History of #skiing course in 2 wks for a session on athletes’ bodies. Loved listening as I circled the Emory gym. Had no idea this program existed at Emory University !
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Join world-renowned journalist @MarynMck for a great discussion w/ Christine Yu Christine Yu about her book 🏃♀️ UP TO SPEED🏃♀️➡️ The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes.
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UP TO SPEED author Christine Yu talks with Anne Helen Petersen in Culture Study about WHOSE bodies get studied and why - we highly recommend reading because our minds are 🤯
annehelen.substack.com/p/whose-bodies…
Looking for people whose lives have been significantly impacted by #LongCovid who may be interested in participating in a documentary film and/or photo project. Bonus points (but not necessary) if they're in the Northeast/mid-Atlantic. Some details below, but DM for more!
Christine Yu “The NIH’s conclusion is so simplistic a metaphor, so out of line w/patient experience, its become a meme. Joke posts play on the history of “work-shy”: the racist/misogynist/ableist assumption that every body can exert the same military-grade effort to sustain the body politic”
This is a fantastic webinar series on the Female Athlete, if I do say so myself. FIS Cross-Country Virginia De Martin Emma Ross Madison Taylor Johanna Ihalainen Dionne Noordhof Margie Davenport, PhD Andrew Govus AC Hackney
Cher's staff pick is Up to Speed by Christine Yu Christine Yu. 'This book delves into importance of teen girls allowing natural development to happen and why the temporary plateaus and declines are actually helpful in the long-term despite being a short-term source of frustration.'
🏀📝It’s not too late to join #theiij freelance webinar on sports & fitness journalism tomorrow, featuring Monique LeBrun of Runner's World, Alisa Hrustic of @selfmagazine, Gregory Hampton Lee Jr of Front Office Sports and Christine Yu. Register: theiij.com/webinars
Invisible sportswomen 2.5 is here!
This time we looked at the inclusion of female participants who are in midlife and beyond in sport & exercise science research…
Emma Cowley, PhD Alyssa, PhD, CISSN, CFL1 Sam Moore
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