Seminars

Speaker: Daniel Katz, Stanford University
Title: The Molecular Map of Exercise

Speaker: Hannah Heigold, Stanford University
Title: Stanford Balance Level Evaluation (StaBLE): Democratizing balance assessment with smartphone video

Speaker: Alis Balayan, University of California, San Diego, Frank Pittman, University of Oregon
Title: A Multi-Site Biobanking and Validation Pipeline for Primary Human Skeletal Muscle Cells

Speaker: Dimitrije Cabarkapa, Kansas University
Title: Skill Enhancement in Basketball: A Research Perspective on Shooting Mechanics

Speaker: Shannon Hugard, University of Oregon
Title: Bone Adaptation in First-Time Marathon Runners: Performance and Injury Outcomes

Speaker: Elizabeth Schumann, Stanford University
Title: One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Modeling and Measuring Ergonomic and Biomechanical Factors in Peak Piano Performance

Speakers:
Bradley Needles, University of Colorado
Luis Morata Moreno, University of Colorado
Title: The Effects of Advanced Footwear Technology Midsole Properties on the Biomechanics and Running Economy of Female and Male Athletes

Speaker: Jon Stingel, Stanford University
Title: Simulation-Based Design of Exotendons to Reduce Energetic Cost in Running

Speaker: Geraldine Maier, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Title: When You Eat, How You Compete: How Meal Timing and Diet Shape Performance in Rodents

Speaker: Sarah DiIorio, Stanford University
Title: Understanding Mechanisms to Reduce Achilles Tendon Fibrosis

Speaker: Nick Pancheri, University of Oregon
Title: Toward Durable Disease Modification in Osteoarthritis: Integrating Rehabilitation and Immunomodulatory Approaches

Speaker: Gerard Masdeu Yelamos, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Title: UNESCO’s Fit for Life: A Global Sport Alliance Promoting and Protecting Sport for All

Speaker: Eric Leslie, Stanford University
Title: Linking Metabolites to Human Performance With Genetics and Wearable Technology in the MoTrPAC Study

Speaker: Debashis Sahoo, University of California, San Diego
Title: Why Translational Research Fails—and How AI Can Fix It

Speaker: Natalie David, University of Michigan
Title: Adaptive Skeletal Responses in Collegiate Cross Country Athletes

Speaker: Alex Gonzalez, Stanford University
Title: Finding the Impulse: Measuring the Endurance Training Response Curve from Wearable Data

Speaker: Yu Song, Kansas University
Title: ACL Injury: Looking Beyond the Knee

Speaker: Vahidullah (Vahid) Tac, Stanford University
Title: Generative AI for food formulation: Designing healthy, sustainable, and delicious burgers

Speakers: Francisco Valero-Cuevas and Martino Porcu, University of Southern California - Los Angeles
Title: Leg Dexterity Training Reduces Drop-Test Dynamic Valgus in Amateur Women Athletes: A Pilot Study

Speaker: Mira Schoeberlein, University of Oregon
Title: Biological Sex, Sex Hormones, and Limitations to Performance

Speaker: Swithin Razu, University of California San Diego
Title: Supporting USA Rugby Women's Sevens on the Road to LA 2028

Speaker: Gauri Desai, Stanford University
Title: Metabolic and Bone Health in Female Endurance Runners: The Role of Training Load and Nutrition

Speakers: Trent Stellingwerff and Kristy Popp, The Women's Health, Sports & Performance Institute
Title: An Oarsome Endeavor: Field-based energy availability assessments in 46 elite rowers to inform health and performance