Bio
Carla van den Berg is a sports science researcher, certified exercise physiologist, and physical performance coach specializing in elite female athlete development.
After playing varsity rugby and working as a student athletic therapist, she transitioned into high-performance sports science, earning her MSc and pursuing a PhD in Kinesiology at the University of Calgary.
Her primary research focuses on the physiological impacts of the menstrual cycle on female athletes to optimize training load and health support—a topic she presented at the International Olympic Committee World Conference in Monaco.
Professionally, she served as the Assistant Head of Sports Science at Calgary Foothills Soccer Club before becoming the Strength and Conditioning Coach for both the University of Calgary Dinos women's soccer team and Calgary Wild FC.
