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We are proud to announce and congratulate the 2024 cohort of Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance Graduate and Postdoctoral Scholars at Stanford. The program supports outstanding Stanford doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows engaged in human performance research by providing a collaborative and interdisciplinary community in which to conduct human performance research. They will conduct high-impact research projects with Stanford faculty mentors in the Schools of Engineering, Medicine, and Humanities & Sciences. 

From left to right: Skyler St. Pierre, Saranya Chidambaranathan Reghupaty, Jaien Wu, Hannah Heigold, Olivia Bruce

Graduate Scholars

• Hannah Heigold, Bioengineering
  • Faculty Mentors: Scott Delp, Kristen Steenerson
  • Project Title: Stanford Balance Level Evaluation (StaBLE): Developing Biomarkers for Balance

• Aubrey Roberts, Epidemiology
  • Faculty Mentors: Francois Haddad, Michael Snyder
  • Project Title: Optimizing Training: Physiological and Molecular Adaptations to High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) vs. Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training (MICT)

• Skyler St. Pierre, Mechanical Engineering
  • Faculty Mentors: Ellen Kuhl, Benjamin Laniakea
  • Project Title: Changes in exercise capacity, hormone cycles, and muscular physiology as a result of testosterone hormone replacement therapy in a trans-masculine amateur triathlete

Postdoctoral Scholars

• Olivia Bruce, Chemical Engineering
  • Faculty Mentor: Feliks Kogan, Emily Kraus
  • Project Title: Towards a clinically useful finite element modeling approach to assess mechanical risk factors for tibial bone stress injuries

• Saranya Chidambaranathan Reghupaty, Pathology
  • Faculty Mentors: Katrin J. Svensson, Jonathan Long
  • Project Title: A novel liver-derived peptide that controls appetite and energy expenditure

• Jiaen Wu, Mechanical Engineering
  • Faculty Mentors: Steve Collins, Karen Liu
  • Project Title: Enhancing Human Balance Performance Through Ankle Exoskeleton Assistance: Insights from Gymnasts

Learn about the Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellows Program