The Department of Human Physiology regularly invites speakers in the field to share their research and expertise with the University of Oregon community. Stay tuned for the Winter/Spring 2025 Seminar Schedule.
More recent faculty media activity!
- UO researchers study how cleats could contribute to disproportionate number of ACL tears in female athletes on NPR's Think Out Loud.
- If You Are Human, You Can Perform Well In The Heat - with Prof. Chris Minson & Prof. Paul Laursen on The Training Science Podcast
- UO researchers look to figure out why women athletes are more likely to have a career-ending knee injury compared to men (Callahan Lab on KGW8)
- University of Oregon researchers study how hormones may affect athletic performance (OPRL on KGW8)
- Heat Training for Cyclists Deep Dive with Dr. Chris Minson on TrainerRoad
Professor Brad Wilkins featured in The Washington Post
It’s part of who we are as a species to push limits and to push beyond what we think we’re capable of doing,” University of Oregon physiology professor Brad Wilkins said. “It’s probably part of why our species survived as a species — because we were driven to go further and build things and do things our Neanderthal counterparts weren’t able to do. I do believe a human is limited. But humans are not.
—Professor Wilkins weighs in on several aspects of physical performance in elite athletics in this July 26, 2024 article
GE Pay Raise!
Thanks to Department Head Andy Karduna and Graduate Director Andy Lovering for their work with the CAS Dean’s Office and Division of Graduate Studies, which has secured an increase in our Graduate Employee annual salary rate effective Fall 2024!
Congratulations Class of 2024!
As a reminder, pictures of commencement are available from GradImages. We’ll miss you… now go forth and show the world what you can do!