Podcast: sports scientist Mike Hahn pursues research that serves elite athletes and the rest of us
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Category: News
Can You Train for Hot Environments?
Many endurance athletes have to race in the heat. Performing heat acclimation training before an event that takes place in a hot environment can improve your performance.
National Science Conference Has Diversity at Its STEM
UO students found camaraderie, career paths, and more at major conference in Portland
UO part of new international collective focused on sports
The University of Oregon is partnering with nine other universities around the world to establish a collective that aims to become a trusted and respected source of higher-education knowledge, research and policy advice in the world of sport.
Human physiology internships help students learn, and earn
A new internship program at one of the UO’s fastest-growing majors is setting students up for the health field better than ever before.
Pitch Perfect
Team Captures Motion to Unleash Performance
Athletics and academics team up to explore performance and advance sports science.
Breaking through the limits of wearable technology
Researchers develop miniaturized optical-based shear sensor
Better Athletes, Healthier Humans
Discoveries made within a lab inside Hayward Field benefit both competitive athletes and weekend warriors.
Optimizing performance for the human race
Much of what we know about human health comes from the study of diseases like cancer, cardiovascular disease and brain disorders. The Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance takes the opposite approach, studying peak performance.