Ep. #189 How UC Berkeley Is Rewriting the Playbook on Women’s Health & Athletic Performance, ft. Janet Napolitano

In episode 189 of 🎙️The Business Case For Women’s Sports, presented by Ally, Caroline sits down with Janet Napolitano – former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security under President Obama and Founder of the UC Berkeley Center for Security and Governance. Secretary Napolitano is now leading one of the most important (and overdue) initiatives in women’s sports: closing the data gap in women’s health and performance. The Women’s Health and Performance Initiative (WHPI) at UC Berkeley is using secure, real-time data to better understand women’s bodies, improve performance, and reduce injury. For decades, the vast majority of sports science research has been built on men – leaving women athletes underserved at every level. In this episode, Secretary Napolitano breaks down: 📊 Why the lack of data on women’s bodies is one of the biggest gaps in sports science today 🧠 How WHPI is using real-time physiological and neurological data to build predictive models for injury prevention and performance 💡 How data-driven insights can inform smarter policy, better healthcare, and long-term outcomes for women More from GOALS Follow GOALS on Twitter: @goals_sports_ Follow GOALS on Instagram: @goals_sports_ Follow GOALS on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/goals-sports Shop: goals-sports.com/shop