About Dana Lis

Dr. Dana Lis is internationally recognized for her leadership and versatile roles across the field of Performance Nutrition. Aside from being one of the few Registered Dietitians decorate with the renowned IOC Diploma in Sport Nutrition and PhD, she seamlessly aligns the three key elements shaping the field of Performance Nutrition: Practise, Research and Industry. Her expertise in these pillars has lead advancement of the field for over fifteen years. In this time, she almost exclusively supported Olympic and Professional sport across several continents and a spectrum of sports. A lifelong learner and tireless drive to be the best developed in Dana nuanced insights and knowledge to truly impact athlete health and performance.

Heading into her 4th season as the Performance Nutrition Consultant for the Golden State Warriors, her leading research in department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior (University California Davis, Baar Lab) has presented ideal integration of her research-based nutrition strategies, aimed in reducing injury risk and improving return to play, to support the 2021-22 Championship team.

Dana continues to drive the nutrition field forward through mentorship, shaping best practise and challenging the status quo. After reaching many pinnacles of her career she is prepared with a new challenge and intrinsic purpose: To invest her distinctive expertise and passion into big-picture initiatives aimed at fueling, educating and supporting the next generation of athletes. Aligned with her life epigram, “nothing ventured, nothing gained,” Top-secret for now, Dana’s next venture is focused on the use of emergent technologies to catalyze access to performance nutrition expertise across the social strata. Lastly, fueled by her innovative drive the creation of a unique professional coaching system promises to close the lab to field gap in the US and set new standards for performance nutrition operations in elite sport.

Dr. Dana Lis Certificates and Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in Health Sciences, University of Tasmania

Graduate Diploma, Sport Nutrition, International Olympic Committee

Bachelor Science in Dietetics, University of British Columbia

ISAK certified level 1 Anthropometrist

Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT)

Registered Dietitian (NP), College of Dietitians of British Columbia

Certified Specialists in Sport Dietetics (CSSD)

“On a personal note, I just have to say that your session at CPSDA really inspired me. I was able to share what I learned about FODMAPs with our team, but above all you presented it in a way that was easy for someone without a background in dietetics to understand and retain. The 2 semesters of physiology I took in college were hands down the toughest courses I ever took, and it deterred me from exploring the subject once I graduated. Understanding how relevant it is to my work with KIND, coupled with how well you were able to explain the effects of FODMAPs on the digestive system, has prompted me to engage in a lot of personal study since the conference. A decade later, I’m finding that what I’m learning is genuinely making sense the second time around. Thank you so much—you genuinely lit a spark.”

— Angelia Schmidt, Manager, KIND Snacks

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