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Athlete Health & Performance Symposium Champions Student Research, Collaboration and Innovation
4/1/2026 1:22 PM | General
Collaboration between Utah Athletics and the College of Health Scheduled for April 9-10
The College of Health and University of Utah Athletics are partnering for the fourth year in a row to hold the Athlete Health & Performance Symposium, April 9-10, 2026, at the University of Utah. The two-day event will bring together students, faculty, staff, coaches, and professionals in the fields of kinesiology, biomechanics, athletic training and sports medicine to encourage collaboration and develop highly trained personnel who will support student-athlete health, wellness and performance.
The event, held at the EPICENTER Building, kicks off on Thursday, April 9, with opening remarks at 1 p.m., and features keynotes from Ema Thake (MS, RD, CSSD) and Dr. Garrison Draper. The final keynote on Friday, April 10, comes from Rob Scheidegger.
Other notable speakers and presenters dot the schedule on Thursday and Friday, and Friday's highlights include a poster session, student presentations and an afternoon panel discussion.
Complete Schedule
Thursday, April 9th:
1:00 PM - Opening Remarks
1:20 PM - Becca Rick- Fueling Moab 240
1:40 PM - Matt Moore- Building Mental Flexibility in Athletes
2:00 PM - Garrison Draper - Stacking Stressors: The Challenging Logistics of Performance in North America- A look into Elite North American Soccer
3:00 PM - Discussion/Break
3:20 PM - Chris Depner- Sleep, Circadian Timing, and the Competitive Advantage
3:40 PM - Michelle Bogden- High Performance Military Environments
4:00 PM - Ema Thake- Nutrition Interventions and the Interdisciplinary Approach to RTP Protocols
5:00 PM - Closing & Discussion
6:00 PM - Milk + Mingle Professional Networking Event at the Delta Center with the Utah Mammoth
Friday, April 10th:
8:30 AM - Poster Sessions (highlighting University of Utah student research)
10:00 AM - Rob Scheidegger - Collaborate to Dominate: Lessons in Building a High-Performance Team
11:00 AM - Student Presentations
11:40 AM - Lunch
12:40 PM - Student Presentations
1:20 PM - High Performance Panel with Lionel Rice, Kelsey Smith, Nick Galli, Dave Quammen, & Devon McConnell
2:00 PM - Closing Remarks
The symposium sprang from a collaboration with Anna Cruse, Utah's Asst. A.D. for Applied Health & Performance Science. After she joined the department in 2021, she started an internship for undergraduate students to work alongside her team in athletics. Together, they collect data and use it to improve health and performance for student-athletes at Utah.
"The Applied Health and Performance Science department at Utah is unique—some schools across the country have sports scientists embedded within individual teams, but there are not very many with departments like ours, though that number is growing" Cruse said. "We started the symposium to showcase what our interns are doing and the opportunities that exist for students who want to work in sports."
"We're trying to come together to solve problems as practitioners within our high-performance community," Cruse said. "None of us are competitors, so it gives us all a unique opportunity to bring forth questions we have and showcase all the innovative work taking place in Salt Lake."
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