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This scientist is racing to discover how gender transitions alter athletic performance—including her own

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http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/scientist-racing-discover-how-gender-transitions-alter-athletic-performance-including

Joanna Harper's personal journey and love of running have shaped her research interests.
PORTLAND, OREGON, AND PHOENIX—Joanna Harper swallowed a few pills in late August 2004, a day after running in the Hood to Coast relay race between Oregon's highest mountain and the Pacific Ocean. They delivered a small dose of estrogen and a testosterone blocker and set in motion changes that Harper, who was designated male at birth and raised as a boy, had imagined since childhood. Harper's timing was deliberate—the 47-year-old nationally ranked runner wanted one more race before disrupting her hormones because she knew she'd never run as fast again.

This scientist is racing to discover how gender transitions alter athletic performance—including her own

Jul 25, 2018, 1:14pm UTC

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http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/scientist-racing-discover-how-gender-transitions-alter-athletic-performance-including > Joanna Harper's personal journey and love of running have shaped her research interests. > PORTLAND, OREGON, AND PHOENIX—Joanna Harper swallowed a few pills in late August 2004, a day after running in the Hood to Coast relay race between Oregon's highest mountain and the Pacific Ocean. They delivered a small dose of estrogen and a testosterone blocker and set in motion changes that Harper, who was designated male at birth and raised as a boy, had imagined since childhood. Harper's timing was deliberate—the 47-year-old nationally ranked runner wanted one more race before disrupting her hormones because she knew she'd never run as fast again.