Margaret Morrissey-Basler

Margaret Morrissey-Basler is a Senior Professor at Providence College specializing in exercise physiology, sport medicine, and applied physiology. Her research focuses on thermoregulation, exertional hyperthermia, and heat tolerance assessment, with particular emphasis on sex-specific physiological responses and occupational heat stress mitigation. Her recent work has established population-specific thresholds for heat tolerance classification and examined sex differences in fat oxidation and adipose tissue lipolysis during heat tolerance testing. She has also investigated wearable sensor accuracy for core temperature estimation in hot work conditions and developed practical cooling strategies for low-resource workplaces. Her publications appear in venues including Temperature, European Journal of Sport Science, Physiological Reports, and Journal of Athletic Training, with recent contributions addressing occupational heat risk at the 2026 FIFA World Cup and athletic trainers' roles in implementing heat stress mitigation strategies.