TY - JOUR T1 - Kathryn Ackerman #StraightShooter JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 1251 LP - 1252 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099874 VL - 53 IS - 19 AU - Alexandra Ross Y1 - 2019/10/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/53/19/1251.abstract N2 - Relax. Keep taking chances and work hard. It’s going to turn out great and nothing like you expect!Depends on the day. Get up early with my husband at 04:30 so we can enjoy coffee together and have some quiet time. Check email. Workout. Help get the three kids up and ready, have breakfast fast with the family and get to work by 08:00 or 08:30. Or hit snooze multiple times, curse that I didn’t get it all done, kiss everyone goodbye and rush off to work!Combining sports medicine and endocrinology and explaining it in a relatable way. I love studying issues related to sports endocrinology, but I really enjoy applying what I learn to patients to help them feel and perform better. I also try to be a knowledgeable and fun mentor to students and trainees, as I have had great mentors who truly inspired me.I have a few.Barbara Drinkwater, for her groundbreaking work on the Female Athlete Triad, her leadership, her sense of humour, her openness to ‘Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S)’ as an expansion of the Triad concept in order to study more health and performance consequences and to help more athletes. Her guidance is practical, humble and humbling.I am also a huge fan of my husband and many others who have not been afraid of honesty, trailblazing and standing up for the right thing.Persistence.I was working at the Boston Marathon in 2013. It was a tragic combination of sports and … ER -