People
The Alliance’s ultimate success is enhanced by diversity—of people, perspectives, talents, and partnerships.



Inviting individuals from across campus and outside the university to participate
The Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Stanford is building a dynamic community of individuals motivated to discover the unknown principles of peak performance and translate them to enable optimal health and well-being for all.
Executive Committee

Scott Delp, PhD
Director, Human Performance Alliance at Stanford
James H. Clark Professor of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering
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Euan Ashley, MD, PhD
Executive Committee Member
Roger W. and Joelle G. Burnell Professor of Genomics, Professor of Genetics and Biomedical Data Science
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Jennifer Hicks, PhD
Executive Committee Member
Executive Director, Human Performance Alliance at Stanford
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Joy Ku, PhD
Executive Committee Member
Deputy Director, Human Performance Alliance at Stanford
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Ellen Kuhl, PhD
Executive Committee Member
Walter B. Reinhold Professor in the School of Engineering and Robert Bosch Chair of Mechanical Engineering
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Founding Philanthropic Partners

Clara Wu Tsai & Joe Tsai
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Nima Aghaeepour, PhD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine & Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine
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Russ Altman, PhD
Kenneth Fong Professor of Bioengineering, Genetics, Medicine, Biomedical Data Science
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Euan Ashley, MD, PhD
Roger W. and Joelle G. Burnell Professor of Genomics, of Genetics and of Biomedical Data Science
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Themistocles (Tim) Assimes, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
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Helen Blau, PhD
Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
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Helen Bronte-Stewart, MD, MS
John E. Cahill Family Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
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Marion Buckwalter, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences and of Neurosurgery
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Thomas Caruso, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
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Howard Chang, MD, PhD
Virginia and D. K. Ludwig Professor of Cancer Research and Professor of Genetics and Dermatology
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E.J. Chichilnisky, PhD
John R. Adler Professor of Neurosurgery and Professor of Ophthalmology
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Geoffrey Cohen, PhD
James G. March Professor of Organizational Studies in Education and Business, Professor of Psychology
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Victoria Cosgrove, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development
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Reinhold Dauskardt, PhD
Ruth G. and William K. Bowes Professor of Material Science and Engineering
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Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD
D.H. Chen Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Joseph DeSimone, PhD
Sanjiv Sam Gambhir Professor of Translational Medicine and Chemical Engineering
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Michael Fischbach, PhD
Associate Professor of Bioengineering and of Microbiology & Immunology
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Judith Frydman, PhD
Donald Kennedy Chair in the School of Humanities and Sciences and Professor of Genetic
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Ansgar Furst, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor (affiliated) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Brice Gaudilliere, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
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Olivier Gevaert, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine - Biomedical Informatics Research & of Biomedical Data Science
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Erin Gibson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Sleep Medicine
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Andrea Goldstein-Piekarski, PhD
Assistant Professor (Research) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Jaimie Henderson, MD
John and Jene Blume - Robert and Ruth Halperin Professor of Neurosurgery
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Victor Henderson, MD
Professor of Epidemiology & Population Health and of Neurology & Neurological Sciences
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Kristene Hossepian, PsyD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development
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Ellen Kuhl, PhD
Walter B. Reinhold Professor of Engineering and Robert Bosch Chair of Mechanical Engineering
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Angela Lumba-Brown, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and of Pediatrics
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Joshua Makower, MD, MBA
Boston Scientific Applied Bioengineering Professor of Medicine and of Bioengineering
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Maya Mathur, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine - Biomedical Informatics Research
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Lizzy McAninch, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine - Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism
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Vinod Menon, PhD
Rachel L. and Walter F. Nichols Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
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Subhasish Mitra, PhD
William E. Ayer Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Jayakumar Rajadas, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine
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Allan Reiss, MD
Howard C. Robbins Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences & of Radiology
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Laura Roberts, MD, MA
Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Benjamin Schanker, MD, MBA, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
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Daniel Schwartz, PhD
I. James Quillen Dean and Nomellini & Olivier Professor of Educational Technology
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Nigam Shah, PhD
Professor of Medicine - Biomedical Informatics Research & Biomedical Data Science
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David Spiegel, PhD
Jack, Lulu and Sam Willson Professor of Medicine(Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences)
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Kristen Steenerson, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery) & Neurology & Neurological Sciences
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Julie Sutcliffe, PsyD, CMPC
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Ana Tesi-Rocha, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences & of Pediatrics
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Nicole Yamada, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics - Neonatal and Developmental Medicine
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Jason Yeatman, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Education, and Psychology
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