Tanenbaum Institute for Science in Sport - Research excellence in high-performance sport science and sport medicine

A collage of athletes from different sports: a hijabi soccer goalie, East Asian masc figure skater, masc American football and ice hockey players, at centre are white femme runner and wheelchair athletes, white masc tennis player, and and amputee sprinter wearing blade prostheses, and Black masc basketball player.

Tanenbaum Institute for Science in Sport (TISS): A framework for research excellence in high-performance sport science and sport medicine supporting athletes at all levels

1 November 2022

“Sport unites us, inspires us and offers all people a path forward toward becoming their best selves.” These are the words of lead donor Larry Tanenbaum, chairman of the Larry and Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation and Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. It is his Foundation's gift of $20 million that has made possible the creation of TISS, with aspirations to become one of the most influential and prominent research centres for sport science and sport medicine in the world.

“All innovations benefit from athlete input” and other truths to come out of the inaugural TISS conference

Too much protein can be bad for your kidneys. Whey is the only way for post-exercise protein … If you’re an athlete – or someone working with athletes – looking for nutrition advice, you’ll come across many such claims. How do you determine what’s true and what’s simply a myth? If you’re Jennifer Sygo, renowned Canadian dietitian and sports nutritionist, you’ll consult the research, the kind of research conducted by Daniel Moore, associate professor at the University of Toronto with expertise in protein metabolism and sport nutrition.

TISS Conference: Mobilizing research to help athletes at all levels perform better, recover faster and play safer

Opportunities that AI unlock for high performance sport, Psychological considerations for female high-performance athletes, persistent myths and newly emerging truths about the protein needs of high-performance athletes are just some of the questions that will be discussed at the Tanenbaum Institute for Sport Science (TISS) inaugural conference this fall in Toronto.

TISS and DSI partner to seed research to advance wearable health technology

The Tanenbaum Institute for Science in Sport (TISS) and the Data Sciences Institute (DSI) at the University of Toronto are pleased to award a Catalyst Grant for research in the Development of Convolutional Neural Network for Motion Artifact Mitigation in Wearable PPG Devices. Co-led by Professors Daniel Franklin and Chris McIntosh, the project aims to revolutionize athletics and sports medicine by integrating novel sensors with advanced machine learning algorithms.

TISS funds research with potential to dramatically impact health & performance of athletes across all populations

Four faculty members of the University of Toronto Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Timothy Burkhart, Robert Bentley, Jenna Gillen and Catherine Sabiston have been awarded seed grants to conduct pilot studies in areas furthering the mission of the Tanenbaum Institute for Science in Sport (TISS) - to translate scientific discoveries into innovations that can dramatically impact the health and performance of athletes.

Save the Date for the Tanenbaum Institute for Science in Sport (TISS) conference in Toronto this Fall

17 February 2024

The TISS conference will be held on Sept 14 & 15, 2024. Bringing together high performance sport science, sport medicine and sports analytics across the athlete development spectrum: Discovery, Clinical, and Applied Research. The TISS Conference aims to translate research into interventions that can unlock athletic potential in high performance sport, helping athletes at all levels perform better, recover faster, and play safer.

TISS speaker series launches with a panel discussion on the potential of AI within sport science, medicine & analytics

18 September 2023

On September 13, Jacobs, who is a professor and former dean at the U of T Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE), hosted the institute’s first speaker series with a panel discussion on the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) within sport science, sport medicine and sport analytics research.