Low Energy Availability in Minority Populations with Dr. Nailah Adams Morancie

On this episode of the AMSSM Sports Medcast, host Dr. Jake Wessels, MD, is joined by Dr. Nailah Adams Morancie, MD, MS, to discuss Low Energy Availability in Minority Populations.

In this conversation, which was recorded during the 2025 AMSSM Annual Meeting, Dr. Adams shares more information on her main stage lecture of the same name, which was selected as one of the AMSSM Collaborative Research Network Spotlight talks.

Dr. Adams is a Primary Care Sports Medicine Physician in the UNC Department of Family Medicine. She has received a number of awards during her medical career, and her research areas of interest lie primarily in assessing and managing high-risk behaviors and nutritional and physiologic misconceptions that may plague adolescent and young adult athletes.

She is the Founder and Medical Director of Run For Life Trinidad and Tobago, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of fun, healthy lifestyles for secondary school students through training for a marathon relay and currently serves as a national team doctor with the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee.

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