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OUR EXPERTS
EMILY KRAUS, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Stanford Children’s Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center

SCOTT L. DELP, PH.D.
Professor of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering
Stanford University

JOY WU, MD, PH.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Chief of Division of Endocrinology
Stanford University

KATIE LAMB
Climber
First woman to climb V16

KEITH BAAR, PH.D.
Professor of Physiology and Membrane Biology
University of California at Davis

ANN BROUSSARD
Marathon Race-Walker

DAMIEN CALLAHAN, PH.D.
Assistant Professor of Human Physiology
University of Oregon

HELEN M. BLAU, PH.D.
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Stanford University

CHRISTOPHER MINSON, PH.D.
Professor of Human Physiology
University of Oregon

MALIA PIVEC
Cross-Country Runner
University of Oregon

LOUISE BURKE, PH.D.
Professorial Fellow
Australian Catholic University

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Developed by our team at the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Stanford University – a non-profit research network. We go back and forth with our experts and cross-reference the scientific literature to understand and share the nuances of human performance research findings.

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