Heather Logan-sprenger PhD, MBA

Dr. Heather Sprenger completed her graduate work at the University of Guelph in the Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences under the supervision of Dr. Lawrence Spriet. Dr. Sprenger’s research was funded by the Gatorade Sport Science Institute, where she investigated the impact of mild dehydration on substrate oxidation, skeletal muscle metabolism, and performance.

Since 2013, she has Lead of Sports Physiology and Research and Innovation at the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario, where she provided physiology consulting to National and Provincial sports organizations, and conducted applied sports research with the goal of mitigating performance and knowledge gaps by answering key questions impacting athlete and coach success. As a two-sport National Team member in both ice hockey and road cycling, Dr. Sprenger applies her experience and knowledge as an athlete, coach, applied practitioner, and researcher to the areas of nutritional and environmental physiology to enhance training adaptation and performance.