Assistant Professor
University of South Carolina
Dr. Katie Hirsch is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Exercise Science in the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina. Her research focuses on exercise and nutritional strategies to support body composition, muscle and protein metabolism, cardiometabolic health, and exercise performance, specifically as it applies to supporting female physiology and women’s health across the lifespan. Dr. Hirsch completed postdoctoral research training in protein metabolism at the Center for Translational Research in Aging & Longevity at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She completed her PhD in Human Movement Science and MA in Exercise Physiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and BS in Exercise Science at Truman State University. Dr. Hirsch is also a Certified Exercise Physiologist with the American College of Sports Medicine and Certified Sports Nutritionist with the International Society of Sports Nutrition.