Alliance member and exercise physiologist @me_lindholm talks to @WIRED about VO2 max: why it's the best predictor for premature mortality, and why reaching your true max is harder than you think. Read the full piece in WIRED: www.wired.com/story/what-i...

Kate Ackerman, Director of WHSP Institute and Alliance member, was featured in @CNN. Her team's study of 1,000+ Boston Marathon runners found underfueling was linked to slower times & 2.8x higher medical risk. www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/s...

Alliance Agility Project awardee @ccstorytime & her team at the Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen found that eccentric exercises trigger rapid cellular changes not in the tendon itself, but at the muscle-tendon junction & between tendon fibers. humanperformancealliance.org/news/study-s...

Did you know the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance has a library of resources and they're free to explore? We have a growing collection of resources for researchers, coaches, performance staff, and anyone looking to level up: humanperformancealliance.org/resources/

The science of fueling female athletes is starting to get the attention it deserves, and it has nothing to do with eating less. Here are four nutrition takeaways from the inaugural Female Athlete Research Meeting at Stanford. humanperformancealliance.org/news/four-ke...

Know an athlete who might want to help us develop this mobile-phone based tool to assess injury resilience? Please share this post. A Stanford University team is recruiting healthy athletes for the SMART Study for Injury Resilience. humanperformancealliance.org/participate/...

Biomechanics labs can take hours and cost thousands of dollars to analyze a single patient. GaitDynamics, a new foundation AI model from the Wu Tsai Alliance and @Stanford, analyzes movement & predicts joint forces 1,000x faster than traditional methods. humanperformancealliance.org/news/foundat...

What if studying the healthiest people, not just the sickest, could transform medicine? The ELITE study, led by Drs. Euan Ashley and Maléne Lindholm, is decoding elite athlete genetics to transform medicine for all. Read more at Stanford Magazine: stanfordmag.org/contents/pow...

New year, new fitness goals. But how do you know if you're training hard enough or too hard? We asked Stanford's Dr. Jeffrey Christle to separate the hype from the science. humanperformancealliance.org/playbook/does-heart-rate-variability-detect-overtraining/

What if AI could help athletes train smarter and avoid injuries? Labs led by Alliance members Andrew McCulloch and Rose Yu at UC San Diego developed BIGE, a model that combines generative AI with realistic biomechanical constraints to do exactly that. Read more: today.ucsd.edu/story/genera...

@outsidemagazine interviewed Alliance member Brad Wilkins, Director of the Oregon Performance Research Laboratory Human Physiology, about the popular trend in the running community of using nasal strips, and their effects on oxygen flow and performance. run.outsideonline.com/road/road-cu...

"When it's so over-the-top like that, I kind of lose my scientist hat and just say, 'What we just saw may never happen again.'" Wu Tsai Alliance Director Scott Delp spoke with @nytimes about what makes athletes like @shoheiohtani extraordinary. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/s...

Have you been diagnosed with a stress fracture? Participants are being recruited for a study on how stress fractures heal in the 1-year following diagnosis. Learn more: humanperformancealliance.org/participate/...

Clemson News featured former Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance postdoctoral fellow Reed Gurchiek and his efforts to develop an assistive device to help athletes recover from hamstring injuries. news.clemson.edu/clemson-rese...

High school students recently visited the Alliance's Jayhawk Athletic Performance Laboratory to try motion-capture sprints, force plate jumps, grip strength testing, and more. Their results will be turned into personalized reports and training recommendations. news.ku.edu/news/article...

Are you a young woman not on hormonal birth control? The Zeitzer Circadian Research Lab at Stanford University is recruiting women for a study on sleep, circadian rhythms, the menstrual cycle, gut, heart, and neuromuscular performance. Learn more: humanperformancealliance.org/participate/...

@outsidemag.bsky.social interviewed Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance member Brad Wilkins of the University of Oregon about the popular trend in the running community of using nasal strips, and their effects on oxygen flow and performance. run.outsideonline.com/road/road-cu...

What an incredible day! Over 400 people came together for the 2025 Female Athlete Research Meeting. We’ve shared highlights from the event on our website & you can now watch the presentations and panel discussions on our YouTube channel. Explore more: humanperformance.stanford.edu/farm2025/hig...

When does underfueling cross from mild to problematic for athletes? We’re excited to support researchers at ACU in studying how male & female endurance athletes respond to different causes of energy deficiency to help identify early warning signs of #REDs and guide safer training practices.

The Knight Campus and @wutsaialliance.bsky.social are joining the global regenerative medicine community at TERMIS 2025! We’re in great company, surrounded by people and ideas pushing the field forward. Here to connect and share insights throughout the week. #KnightCampus #UOResearch #TERMIS2025

A great start to the Female Athlete Research Meeting 2025! Tara VanDerveer and Susan King Borchardt kicked off the day with an inspiring conversation on coaching, athletics, and how research can better support athletes at every stage of life. #FARM2025 #FemaleAthleteResearch

Traditional or infrared sauna -- which is actually better for you? Wu Tsai Alliance member Dr. Chris Minson from the University of Oregon weighs in on the question for @gqmagazine.bsky.social: www.gq.com/story/infrar...

Applications are now open for the 2026 Wu Tsai Performance Undergraduate Research Program! This is an opportunity open to all Stanford undergraduate students to explore the field of human performance through a funded summer research experience. humanperformance.stanford.edu/education/un...

With support from the NIH and the Alliance, @euanashley, @SnyderShot, & team have mapped how 35,000+ molecules adapt to training, uncovering how exercise affects organs and tissues at the molecular level, and revealing key sex differences. stanmed.stanford.edu/exercise-who...

Julie Kolesar, research engineer at Stanford and member of the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, discusses her recent study showing how subtle changes in how we move can reduce pain and even slow the progression of knee osteoarthritis. open.spotify.com/episode/4O6s...

Most soccer cleats are built for men — and that design gap can contribute to a higher risk of ACL injury for women. Mike Hahn, Associate Director of the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at @UOKnightCampus is partnering with @PUMA to change that. Read more: news.uoregon.edu/uo-research-...

Wu Tsai Alliance faculty at @UCSanDiego used a new approach that combines multiple molecular pathway models and allows scientists to better predict how our cells adapt and repair. These insights could help improve muscle performance and recovery.

In sprinting and high-speed sports like soccer, fractions of a seconds can make the difference between a podium and going home. Now, a Wu Tsai Alliance study by @nicos199 and team offers athletes a technique that could help boost top sprinting speeds. humanperformancealliance.org/news/in-spri...

Two sprint cyclists can reach identical power relying on completely different muscle strategies. Personalized training may be the key to unlocking their full speed. Learn more about which muscles muscles matter most and when in the pedal cycle: humanperformancealliance.org/news/cyclist...

Healing after injury relies on regrowth of tiny blood vessels, but regeneration is a challenge. A study from Alliance member Robert Guldberg's lab at @UOKnightCampus shows that changes in oxygen and temperature over time influence how these networks form.

Pregnant and pushing exercise limits? @CNN talked with Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance member @emilykrausmd about ultra-athletes who are redefining what’s possible during pregnancy. Read more: www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/h...

Will AI make physical modeling in biomechanics obsolete? Watch the debate from ESB 2025 Zurich, chaired by Prof. Ralph Müller. Two expert teams went head-to-head: - World Team: Mackenzie Mathis & Scott Delp - ESB Team: Enrico Dall’Ara & Aurélie Carlier youtu.be/U-t3JOV-948?...

The Sports & Performance Psychiatry Fellowship in the U.S. at Stanford is now open! Apply here: humanperformance.stanford.edu/education/cl... @roycollinsmd.com is a Psychiatrist & Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine & conducts research with the Wu Tsai Alliance

We’re thrilled to announce applications for Stanford's Sports & Performance Psychiatry Fellowship are now open! This is the first-of-its-kind Sports Psychiatry Fellowship in the U.S.--an amazing opportunity to gain advanced clinical & research training. humanperformance.stanford.edu/education/cl...

Registration is open for the inaugural Female Athlete Research Meeting (FARM) at Stanford! Spots are limited. Join us on Nov. 5, 2025, for a day dedicated to advancing women & girls in sport through research, collaboration, & innovation. #FARM2025 humanperformance.stanford.edu/farm2025/?ut...