Rate My Professor Lizzie Zheng

At the University of Otago, Dr. Zheng holds multiple roles: Scientific Officer at the Centre for Translational Research, Clinical Physiologist at WellSleep, and Research Assistant on the CREBRF Women's Study in the Department of Medicine, which examines genetic protections against diabetes in Māori and Pasifika women. Her research specializations encompass thermoregulation, menstrual cycle influences on exercise performance and iron status, cutaneous vasodilation, and post-exercise hypotension. Notable publications include "Interactive effects of exercise intensity and recovery posture on post-exercise hypotension" (2024, American Journal of Physiology), "Do E₂ and P₄ contribute to the explained variance in core temperature response for trained women during exertional heat stress when metabolic rates are very high?" (2022, European Journal of Applied Physiology), "Measurement error of self-paced exercise performance in athletic women is not affected by ovulatory status or ambient environment" (2021, Journal of Applied Physiology), "Menstrual phase and ambient temperature do not influence iron regulation in the acute exercise period" (2021), and "Differences in dry-bulb temperature do not influence moderate-duration exercise performance in warm environments when vapor pressure is equivalent" (2020, Temperature). With 60 citations across 13 publications, her contributions advance sex-specific norms in sports science and environmental physiology.