Alexa is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Dr. Jenna Gillen in the Exercise, Nutrition and Health Lab. Her research focuses on understanding how exercise and nutrition can be used to improve cardiometabolic health in women, and mitigate the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Alexa is currently undergoing research to help characterize the long term exercise improvements in pre- and post-menopausal women. She also studies how different meals around exercise can further enhance or negate the well established benefits of both a single session of exercise and chronic exercise training/participation, specifically with respect to insulin sensitivity and blood sugar regulation.

Twitter: @alexagovette