Rice University, Houston Methodist announce human performance joint research project
John Egan InnovationMap
A new collaboration between Houston institutions is looking into physiology, injury prevention, and rehabilitation. Rice University and Houston Methodist have teamed up to launch an initiative designed to enhance research and education about human performance. The Houston Methodist-Rice University Center for Human Performance will enable physicians, academic researchers, and university students to collaborate with student athletes, trainers, and coaches. Their work will advance joint research, establish critical care programs, and promote educational activities in exercise physiology, injury prevention, and rehabilitation. “Enhancing performance means optimizing results, and the study of human performance applies to more than sports,” Heidi Perkins, teaching professor and chair of Rice’s Department of Kinesiology, says in a news release. “Research in human performance benefits athletes, but it also benefits older adults, performing artists, people with disabilities, surgical patients — basically anyone who needs to function better and improve their quality of life through some combination of physical activity, […]
