Gabrielle Brewer, PhD, CISSN

Postdoctoral Research Associate Adjunct Professor Advisor, Occupational Heat Safety, University of Connecticut

Dr. Brewer joined KSI in 2020 and currently works as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Kinesiology. She serves as an Occupational Heat Safety Advisor for KSI, is the Secretary of the Thermal Stress Working Group at AIHA, and is a member of UConn’s IRB. Dr. Brewer researches the mechanisms by which physically active individuals experience exercise-heat stress, recovery, and adaptation with a special interest in women’s health and nutrition. She is a Certified Sports Nutritionists through the ISSN and has given presentations on thermoregulation and heat safety to a variety of companies such as NASA and Delta, and has contributed to over 15 peer-reviewed publications related to heat stress, body composition, nutrition, and hydration.

Dr. Brewer received her doctorate degree in Exercise Science from the University of Connecticut, master’s degree in Exercise Physiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology from the University of Minnesota and is a former competitive collegiate figure skater, Gopher Cheerleader, and competed at the 2014 US Figure Skating Intercollegiate Team Nationals. She has turned her experience of being a student-athlete into an academic passion of improving women’s health in athletes, laborers, and warfighters.