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We are pleased to announce and congratulate the 2025 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: Madison George, Janelle Kaneda, Shawn Schwartz

Graduate Scholars

• Shawn Schwartz, Psychology
  • Faculty Mentor: Anthony Wagner
  • Project Title: Restorative Interventions for Stereotype Threat Induced Underperformance in VR
• Akshita Rao, Bioengineering
  • Faculty Mentor: Todd Coleman
  • Project Title: Sleep Microarousals: Brain–Body Dynamics and their Impact on Human Performance
• Madison George, Bioengineering
  • Faculty Mentor: Feliks Kogan
  • Project Title: Non-invasive Imaging Biomarkers for Exertional Compartment Syndrome
• Janelle Kaneda, Bioengineering
  • Faculty Mentors: Scott Delp
  • Project Title: Estimating Human Motion Dynamics from Video to Reduce Risk of ACL Injury

From left to right: Narayan Schuetz, Carly Jones, Katie Clayton, Shuke Xiao

Postdoctoral Scholars

• Carly Jones, Radiology
  • Faculty Mentor: Garry Gold
  • Project Title: Quadriceps Muscle Activation and Recovery Through the Menstrual Cycle
• Katie Clayton, Psychology
  • Faculty Mentor: Alia Crum
  • Project Title: Core Beliefs About the Body and Female Athlete Performance
• Shuke Xiao, Pathology
  • Faculty Mentor: Jonathan Long
  • Project Title: Leveraging a Hibernation-Induced Metabolite to Combat Muscle Atrophy
• Narayan Schuetz, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Faculty Mentor: Euan Ashley
  • Project Title: WHAT IF: Towards Mobile Data-based Generative Models for Athlete Digital Twins

Learn about the Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellows Program