University of Oregon Joins Human Performance Alliance
The Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Oregon to be based in Knight Campus and led by Professor Robert Guldberg
JULY 21, 2021 — The University of Oregon today announced it is a founding partner in the new Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance.
A 220 million dollar gift from the Joe and Clara Wu Tsai Foundation establishes a 10 year partnership across 6 institutions, including the University of Oregon, Stanford University, the University of Kansas, The University of California at San Diego, The Salk Institute and Boston Children’s Hospital.
“This gift represents a first-of-its-kind scientific collaboration aiming to transform human health on a global scale through the discovery and translation of the principles underlying athletic performance. This vital work does not just benefit elite athletes. It will help developing athletes, aging athletes—really anyone with a body who wants to function at their peak, which is all of us.”
The alliance seeks to comprehensively characterize the physiology of peak human performance and thus discover biological principles that can help people of all ages and abilities achieve their optimum health.
The alliance includes funding for four ambitious multi-year projects called “Moonshots” that bridge several partnership institutions, with the Regenerative Rehabilitation thrust based at the University of Oregon. In addition, the Bowerman Sports Science Center will become the home of one of four “Innovation Hubs” that focus on applying scientific inquiry to sports medicine.
