Helen Kollias, PhD

Academic Background
Dr. Kollias has earned a doctoral degree in Molecular Biology from York University (2006) with a specialization in the area of Muscle Development and Regeneration.

Prior to her doctoral work, Dr. Kollias completed a Masters Degree in Exercise Physiology and Biochemistry at the University of Waterloo (2000) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Biochemistry from the University of Lethbridge (1996).

As a result of her academic training – covering exercise physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, and biomechanics – Dr. Kollias has aquired a broad scientific knowledge that ranges from the cell to the whole body.

Sport Background
Although some folks are either all brain or all brawn, don’t let Dr. Kollias’ solid academic training fool you. In addition to the brains, she’s played varsity soccer, is a certified Level II NCCP (National Coaching Certification of Canada) soccer coach, and has coached both soccer and basketball.

Further, she’s been involved in fitness and weight training for over 16 years, working, at one point, as a personal trainer.

Research
Nowadays, Dr. Kollias is a researcher at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, studying Myostatin signaling and Muscular dystrophy.

In addition, she lends her considerable talents to the Precision Nutrition team as the Director of Research.In this role, she’s found a way to fuse her academic background in scientific research with ‘real world’ applications to create cool new experiments.