About

Biography

Amy Bowler is an advanced sports dietitian who is passionate about assisting athletes to achieve optimal performance, health and wellbeing. She is passionate about mentoring and inspiring graduate accredited practicing dietitians who may work within the sport or fitness industry.


Amy lectures into courses in the Nutrition and Dietetic and Sports Science disciplines. Amy is also the National Nutrition Lead at Skate Australia and is a High-Performance Dietitian at Queensland Academy of Sport servicing swimming and skateboarding.


She is passionate about providing real-world, practical learnings to students and graduates to ensure world-class nutrition servicing is provided to those in the high-performance space.


Research areas:

  • Enhancing the reliability and validity of low energy availability assessment techniques
  • Field based estimates of energy expenditure and energy intake
  • Nutrient timing and its impact on body composition and performance
  • Application of technologies to sports nutrition (i.e., continuous glucose monitors)
  • Understanding the nutritional practices of adolescent athletes
  • Nutritional ergogenic aids


Teaching areas:

  • Sports Nutrition
  • Master’s degree in Sports Nutrition

Engagements

Available for postgraduate supervision

Awards and Honours

World Athletics Research Grant
American College of Sports Medicine (United States, Indianapolis) - ACSM, 2022
QAS SPIKE Scholarship Recipient
Queensland Academy of Sport (Australia, Sunnybank) - QAS, 2022

Organisational Affiliations

Lecturer in Sports Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health - Nutrition & Dietetics

Education

PhD
May-2020Apr-2024, Doctor of Philosophy, Bond University (Australia, Gold Coast)

The practical utility of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) to identify low energy availability (LEA) in endurance athletes Amy-Lee Bowler, Associate Professor Greg Cox, Associate Professor Vernon Coffey, Professor Louise Burke

B Nut & Diet (Hons)
20162019, Queensland University of Technology (Australia, Brisbane) - QUT