Nancy I. Williams
{{short description|American sports scientist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Nancy I. Williams
| workplaces = Pennsylvania State University
University of Pittsburgh
| alma_mater = Bucknell University
Boston University
Ohio State University
| thesis_title = Effects of exercise combined with caloric restriction on luteinizing hormone pulsatility
| thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31234240
| thesis_year = 1992
}}
Nancy I. Williams is an American kinesiologist who is a professor at Pennsylvania State University. Her research considers the physiological mechanisms that underpin energy balance, exercise performance and bone health. She is a former president of the American Kinesiology Association and Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Early life and education
Williams is from New Jersey. She attended Shawnee High School.{{Cite web|last=Riker|first=Melissa|date=2018-06-12|title=Shawnee High School's Academic Hall of Fame|url=https://thesunpapers.com/2018/06/12/shawnee-high-schools-academic-hall-of-fame/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=The Sun Newspapers|language=en-US}} Williams studied biology at Bucknell University before moving to Ohio State University for a graduate degree. Williams moved to the Boston University for her doctoral research, where she focussed on anatomy and physiology.{{Cite web|title=Program Graduates {{!}} College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College|url=https://www.bu.edu/sargent/academics/departments-programs/health-sciences/doctor-of-philosophy-phd-in-human-physiology/career-options/program-graduates/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=www.bu.edu}} After earning her doctoral degree, Williams moved to the University of Pittsburgh, where she worked as a postdoctoral researcher in reproductive sciences.{{Cite web|title=Nancy Williams begins term as president of the American Kinesiology Association {{!}} Penn State University|url=https://news.psu.edu/story/562536/2019/03/11/academics/nancy-williams-begins-term-president-american-kinesiology|access-date=2020-11-21|website=news.psu.edu|language=en}}
Research and career
Williams studies women's health and exercise.{{Cite web|title=Nancy I. Williams {{!}} Penn State College of Health and Human Development|url=https://hhd.psu.edu/contact/nancy-williams|access-date=2020-11-21|website=hhd.psu.edu}} In 1997, Williams joined the faculty at Pennsylvania State University, where she was promoted to full professor in 2009.{{Cite web|date=2019-03-20|title=Nancy Williams Elected President of the American Kinesiology Association|url=https://www.wiareport.com/2019/03/nancy-williams-elected-president-of-the-american-kinesiology-association/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Women In Academia Report}} In 2012 Williams was made Head of Department of Kinesiology at the Pennsylvania State University College of Health and Human Development.{{Cite web|title=Nancy Williams appointed head of the Department of Kinesiology {{!}} Penn State University|url=https://news.psu.edu/story/148169/2012/06/29/nancy-williams-appointed-head-department-kinesiology|access-date=2020-11-21|website=news.psu.edu|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Nancy Williams - The Huck Institutes|url=https://www.huck.psu.edu/people/nancy-williams|access-date=2020-11-21|website=www.huck.psu.edu|language=en}} Her research includes randomized controlled trials to understand the female athlete triad. She has shown that up to 60% of women recreational athletes experience menstrual dysfunction.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} She has explored how weight loss impacts the acute-exercise induced suppression of appetite.{{Cite web|title=Nancy I. Williams, Sc.D., FACSM {{!}} Penn State College of Health and Human Development|url=https://hhd.psu.edu/nancy-i-williams-scd-facsm|access-date=2020-11-21|website=hhd.psu.edu}} She serves on the Board of Directors of the Female and Male Athlete Triad.{{Cite web|last=Concepcion|first=Bien|title=Board of Directors|url=https://www.femaleandmaleathletetriad.org/about/board-of-directors/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=The Female and Male Athlete Triad Coalition|language=en-US}}
In 2019 Williams was elected President of the American Kinesiology Association.
Awards and honours
- 1994 National Institutes of Health Individual National Research Service Award{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
- 1998 Elected Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
- 2001 Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Career Development Award{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
- 2011 Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology{{Cite web|title=- National Academy of Kinesiology|url=https://nationalacademyofkinesiology.org/SubPages/Pages/Member%20List|access-date=2020-11-21|website=nationalacademyofkinesiology.org}}{{Cite web|title=Braun Elected Fellow of National Academy of Kinesiology|url=https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/braun-elected-fellow-national-academy|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Office of News & Media Relations {{!}} UMass Amherst|language=en}}
Selected publications
- {{Cite journal|last1=Souza|first1=Mary Jane De|last2=Nattiv|first2=Aurelia|last3=Joy|first3=Elizabeth|last4=Misra|first4=Madhusmita|last5=Williams|first5=Nancy I.|last6=Mallinson|first6=Rebecca J.|last7=Gibbs|first7=Jenna C.|last8=Olmsted|first8=Marion|last9=Goolsby|first9=Marci|last10=Matheson|first10=Gordon|last11=Panel|first11=Expert|date=2014-02-01|title=2014 Female Athlete Triad Coalition Consensus Statement on Treatment and Return to Play of the Female Athlete Triad: 1st International Conference held in San Francisco, California, May 2012 and 2nd International Conference held in Indianapolis, Indiana, May 2013|url=https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/4/289|journal=British Journal of Sports Medicine|language=en|volume=48|issue=4|pages=289|doi=10.1136/bjsports-2013-093218|issn=0306-3674|pmid=24463911|doi-access=free}}
- {{Cite journal|last1=Williams|first1=Nancy I.|last2=Helmreich|first2=Dana L.|last3=Parfitt|first3=David B.|last4=Caston-Balderrama|first4=Anne|last5=Cameron|first5=Judy L.|date=2001|title=Evidence for a Causal Role of Low Energy Availability in the Induction of Menstrual Cycle Disturbances during Strenuous Exercise Training|journal=The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism|language=en|volume=86|issue=11|pages=5184–5193|doi=10.1210/jcem.86.11.8024|pmid=11701675 |issn=0021-972X|doi-access=free}}
- {{Cite journal|last1=De Souza|first1=Mary Jane|last2=Leidy|first2=Heather J.|last3=O’Donnell|first3=Emma|last4=Lasley|first4=Bill|last5=Williams|first5=Nancy I.|date=2004|title=Fasting Ghrelin Levels in Physically Active Women: Relationship with Menstrual Disturbances and Metabolic Hormones|journal=The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism|language=en|volume=89|issue=7|pages=3536–3542|doi=10.1210/jc.2003-032007|pmid=15240643 |issn=0021-972X|doi-access=free}}
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