FARM 2025 | ACL Session Speakers
Preventing ACL Injuries: New Technology for a Persistent Challenge
Advances in computational modeling, wearable sensing, and device design are enabling researchers to develop new approaches to prevent and support recovery from ACL injuries. Learn about bespoke soccer cleats, smartphone-based movement assessment, and virtual reality neuromuscular training paradigms, all designed to build resilience against ACL injury.
MODERATOR
Lise Leveille, MD
Lise Leveille is a former Canadian Olympic gymnast and member of the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance Sports Advisory Council. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of British Columbia and pediatric orthopedic surgeon and Medical Director of The Motion Lab at BC Children’s Hospital specializing in pediatric sports injuries, acute knee injuries, gait analysis, and orthopaedic management of neuromuscular conditions.
CO-MODERATOR
Ian Lasic-Ellis
Ian Lasic-Ellis is a former U.S. Senior National Team member and NCAA All-American Gymnast from Stanford University. He completed his BS in Symbolic Systems ‘25, and is currently pursuing a Masters in Computer Science at Stanford. He excels in all-around competition and has contributed to Stanford’s national championship successes.
SPEAKER
Krithika Swaminathan, PhD
Krithika Swaminathan is a postdoctoral fellow with the Human Performance Lab of the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Stanford. She is using smartphone video-based assessments to validate an ACL Injury Resilience Score grounded in biomechanical metrics. The score will be used to help screen female adolescent athletes who are at risk for ACL injuries and inform training goals.
SPEAKER
Greg Myer, PhD, FACSM, CSCS*D
Greg Myer is a Professor of Orthopaedics at Emory University and the Director of the Emory Sports Performance and Research Center. He is internationally recognized for his research in injury biomechanics, recently pioneering new virtual reality paradigms for neuromuscular training to prevent ACL injuries in female athletes.
SPEAKER
Alex Denton, PhD
Alex Denton is a postdoctoral fellow with the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at the University of Oregon. Her research explores how to optimize traction in soccer cleats for female-specific mechanics. Her team has worked with Puma to design a custom soccer cleat for female athletes, with the intent of reducing knee loading and ACL injury.
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