Director of the Laboratory for Metabolic Testing and Performance, and Fellow
The John B. Pierce Laboratory
Senior Research Scientist
Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences & Yale School of Public Health
Yale School of Medicine
Committee on the Status of Women in Medicine (SWIM), Co-Chair
WHRY Pilot Project Program Investigators
Discovery to Cure Internship, Mentor
Related Links
Laboratory:
Integrative Environmental Physiology
Telephone: (203) 562-9901,
EXT. 219
Education
BA, Antioch College, 1981
MA, New York University, 1987
PhD, Columbia University, 1993
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Nina Stachenfeld joined the John B. Pierce Laboratory as a postdoctoral associate in the laboratory of the late Ethan R. Nadel, Ph.D. in 1993. The focus of her work in Dr. Nadel’s laboratory was examining the effects of aging and exercise on the fluid, sodium regulation and cardiovascular systems. Dr. Stachenfeld’s research focuses on the reproductive hormone effects on physiological responses during exercise, thermal, and orthostatic challenges. Currently, she is studying reproductive hormone effects on skin microcirculation, autonomic function and sympathetic outflow in women with low orthostatic tolerance, and on endothelial function in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. She is also studying metabolic effects of environmental exposure on insulin resistance in women. Dr. Stachenfeld has authored/co-authored over 70 publications. She is a member of the American Physiological Society, the American College of Sports Medicine, and The Endocrine Society. She is on the Editorial Board of FASEB J and Endocrinology.