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
Are you interested in design and engineering for impact? Creating real solutions with end-users instead of only for them? Join us to CHAT: Co-design for Health and Athlete Technology, an immersive workshop where we will connect, create, and share translatable technologies for human performance.
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
You are invited to the upcoming Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance Summer Research Symposium on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, from 4-6 pm in the Stanford Neurosciences Building, Gunn Rotunda (E241).
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
Join us as we commemorate five years of achievements by the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance. We are bringing together outstanding researchers, clinicians, athletes, coaches, and performance specialists for two days of learning and idea exchange around four key topics: Performance Across the Lifespan Learn about advancements in musculoskeletal tissue regeneration and precision training for […]
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