Dr. Sam Moore is a female athlete sport scientist and Assistant Professor of Sport Data Analytics at the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Moore directs the ATHENA Lab at OU, researching topics of applied sport science through the lens of female physiology.

Sam completed her undergraduate degree in Exercise Science and Human Biology from Western Oregon University and her master’s degree in Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention from California University of Pennsylvania. She recently completed her doctoral training in exercise physiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Medicine. Prior to Carolina, Sam was with the NC State Wolfpack from 2019-2021 as the Director of Sport Science and Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach.

After two season ending knee surgeries during her dual sport collegiate athletic career, Moore was drawn to the starkly different experience entering the “real-world” as a former female athlete compared to her male counterparts. This was the inception of what would later establish her as the topic expert in the field of female athlete physiology in the pursuit of gender equity in collegiate women’s sports.

As the first woman to serve as a Director of Sport Science in the NCAA, Sam implemented a revolutionary and evidence informed framework of women’s specific training design based on the hormonal landscape of the Wolfpack female athletes. Dr. Moore's current research interests center around integrating laboratory and field-based sport science methodologies to improve female athlete health, safety, and performance during their competitive careers and the years beyond.