Contacts

Office: 285 Santa Teresa St., Ste. 103A
Mail Code: 94305-6151
Phone: 650.498.0826
Email: findbalance@stanford.edu
Web Site: hhp.stanford.edu

Health and Human Performance (HHP) is organizationally housed under Vaden Health Services. The program offers experiences for academic credit as well as non-credit opportunities. Its academic pursuits are offered in partnership with the School of Medicine. The academic units housed within HHP include Kinesiology, Outdoor Education, Physical Education, Wellness Education, and Lifeworks.

Purpose Statement

Through integrating theory, research, and experiential practice we create innovative, transformative learning environments focusing on holistic student development.

Values

Inspiring a healthier Stanford by inviting students into an intentional process grounded in the following values:

Actualization: Supporting self-efficacy through empowerment, learning experiences, and realization of the human potential.

Balance: Creating opportunities for individuals to recognize and utilize the essential elements of well-being.

Community: Providing inclusive opportunities for healthy social engagement and relationship building.

Leadership: Developing change agents who can apply learned knowledge and skills towards active citizenship.

Innovation: Designing effective ways of learning and promoting human flourishing in a hyper-complex, ever-accelerating culture experience.

Faculty

Director: Aneel Chima
Associate Director: Diane Friedlaender (Learning, Pedagogy, and Research)
Associate Director: Tia Lillie (Kinesiology & Physical Education)
Director of Adventure Programs & Head of Outdoor Education: Sue Lowley
Assistant Director HHP, Head of The Flourishing Lab: Steven Murray
Associate Director: Gigi Otálvaro (LifeWorks)
Associate Director: Sarah Meyer Tapia (Wellness Education)

Lecturers & Instructors

Emergency Medicine

Antja Thompson

Athletics, Kinesiology & Physical Education

Gong Chen, Austin Lee, Tia Lillie, Ying Mitchell, Sara Safdari, Erick Schlimmer, Tom Sarsfield, Matt Thornton, Nick Wooters

Lifeworks

Anthony Lising Antonio, Aneel Chima, Cari Costanzo, Diane Friedlaender, Fred Luskin, Gigi Otálvaro, Andrew Todhunter, Jonah Willhnganz

Outdoor Education

Logan Chapman, Sue Lowley, Emily McCune, Peter Wright

Wellness Education

Alison Ash, Claudia Bicen, Diane Boxill, Nichol Bradford, Russ Carpenter, Aneel Chima , Orgyen Chowang, Robert Cusick, Kathryn Devaney, Dustin DiPerna, Caitlin Krause, Marissa Floro, Bryan Lian, Fred Luskin, Molly Maloof, Jeffery Martin, Christy Matta, Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu, Sara Nasserzadeh, Katherine Nobles, Pamela Paspa, Carole Pertofsky, Orgyen Ratna, John Rettger, Tia Rich, Jennifer Robinson, Mikey Siegel, Kelly Takahashi, Yingzhao Liu Julia Tang, Sara Meyer Tapia, Rosalyne Tu, Mara Waldhorn, Meag-gan Walters, Clyde Wilson, Donnovan Yisrael

Department: Center for Population Health Science