Dr Emma Ross has called for greater funding and education to assess the impact periods have on women in sport. Ross — the former Head of Physiology at the English Institute of Sport, who specialises in improving sport for women and girls — says more money needs to go into research and also the education of coaches to create «great knowledge and awareness» around the subject. Ad «Research is costly,» she said in conversation on 'The Period Panel' with Eurosport's Orla Chennaoui, England international footballer Jodie Taylor and Team GB track and field athlete Jazmin Sawyers, with the full discussion to be aired on Sunday.