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Emma Ross
Gender Equality
High Performance
Workplace Wellbeing
Transform women's sports performance with Dr Emma Ross, speaker, elite sports physiologist and women's health advocate. Emma works with athletic organisations to optimise female athlete development and promote gender equity in sports, delivering Olympic-level expertise as Head of Physiology at the English Institute of Sport.
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Dr Emma Ross is the Head of Physiology at the English Institute of Sport. She has played a key role in developing Team GB talent during the Rio and Tokyo Olympics. Emma's research focuses on women's experiences in elite sports, highlighting the neglect of female athletes' unique physiology.
Determined to effect change, Emma has initiated projects to improve women's sports. Emma is now a respected consultant and advocate for inclusivity and equity in athletics, working to ensure that female athletes receive the recognition they deserve.
As a former rugby player and marathon runner, Emma understands women's challenges in sports. She is committed to addressing the systemic barriers in cultural, medical, and academic settings that hinder women's success. Through her efforts, Emma Ross is dedicated to creating a more equitable future for women in sports.
The Wellness Women
The Wellness Women are Baz Moffat, the Athlete; Dr Bella Smith, the NHS GP; and Dr Emma Ross, the Scientist.
Collectively and individually, these incredibly knowledgeable and informative industry experts engage with the importance of women's health and associated high performance. They share accurate information based on scientific research and practice-based evidence, making learning about health exciting.
The Wellness Women aim to educate and empower women and those who support them with better knowledge of female anatomy, physiology, and psychology. They will provide the confidence and tools so anyone can do something impactful with that knowledge.
Topics, sessions and talks
In the pursuit of equality, we sometimes overlook important differences between men and women, which should influence how we design systems so that everyone can fulfil their potential. In this session, Dr Emma Ross shares her decade-long exploration of what it takes to create equitable environments and what happens when you do.
Leading transformation or change is both exciting, and challenging. In this inspiring and insightful talk, Dr Emma Ross shares her change-making journey of addressing gender inequalities in sport, and the gaps which threaten to derail that journey. From gender gaps to data gaps to knowing-doing gaps, Emma’s lessons learned in sport will help any business or organisation through periods of change and evolution.
Sports science seeks to understand how to optimise human performance. But it’s not just in sports where individuals and teams need to perform at their best. Dr Emma Ross’ holistic, bio-psycho-social approach to wellbeing and performance, learnt from a decade in sports science research and a further decade applying this expertise in the elite sporting world, will help individuals and organisations realise and embrace high-performance habits.
How is our biology related to how we experience the world? How does what’s going on inside our body influence our behaviour, our relationships, our communication, and our ability to perform well? These are the questions Dr Emma Ross answers in her insightful and thought-provoking talk for any organisation wanting to explore wellness, wellbeing and health as an important foundation of performance and success.
Book Dr Emma Ross to inspire your team with her groundbreaking insights on women's empowerment in sports. Her expertise in physiology and advocacy for inclusivity will motivate your audience to challenge norms, embrace diversity, and unlock the full potential of every individual. Transform your perspective and drive meaningful change.
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Email emma.ross@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Dr Emma's availability and fees. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and a bit about your audience.
Dr Emma Ross draws on two decades of applied sports science research — first in academic study and then in elite sport environments — to frame her talks around identified gaps (gender, data, and knowing-doing) as a structural device for diagnosing and addressing systemic inequality in organisations.
Dr Emma Ross speaks on gender equality in sport, leading organisational transformation, and high-performance habits drawn from sports science. She served as Head of Physiology at the English Institute of Sport, where she contributed to Team GB athlete development across the Rio and Tokyo Olympics.
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