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WUSI Human Performance Alliance
10:12 - 15:51 (05:39)
The WUSI Human Performance Alliance aims to help propel girls into successful careers by discovering principles of peak performance and translating those to youth athlete development, athletic excellence, resiliency and healthy long lifespans.
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The biennial female athlete conference has over 32 countries in attendance, highlighting the importance of female athletes and collaboration within the scientific community.
10:12 - 12:01 (01:49)
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The biennial female athlete conference has over 32 countries in attendance, highlighting the importance of female athletes and collaboration within the scientific community. More research is needed to decrease the dropout rate in female athletes during adolescence and provide more opportunities for women to have successful careers.
ChapterWUSI Human Performance Alliance
EpisodeWhat girls and women in sports need to unlock their potential | Kate Ackerman
PodcastTED Talks Daily
The WUSI Human Performance Alliance was launched to discover principles of peak performance and translate them towards athletic excellence, resiliency, and healthy long lifespans.
12:01 - 15:51 (03:50)
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The WUSI Human Performance Alliance was launched to discover principles of peak performance and translate them towards athletic excellence, resiliency, and healthy long lifespans. Leaders from different institutions work together to design and launch the alliance to study various topics such as pregnancy and postpartum, psychological resilience, injury prevention and recovery, and the intersectionality of characteristics such as race, gender, sexual orientation, class, and ability.