U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)
Edited by Jean L. Fourcroy, M.D., PhD. MPH, Pharmacology, Doping and Sports is a comprehensive, scientific guide for athletes, coaches, physicians, scientists and administrators, and anyone who is interested in the science or the ethics of doping in sport.
The Partnership for Clean Competition (PCC) – which aims to ensure integrity in sport by supporting high-quality, high-impact, novel research – is now accepting pre-applications for its second round of 2009 grant funding from researchers interested in applying for anti-doping research funding.
The Partnership for Clean Competition (PCC) announced today the awarding of its first anti-doping research grant since the research collaborative was formed in 2008. The recipient of the $500,000 grant is J. Thomas Brenna, Ph.D., of Cornell University for his grant proposal titled, “Characterization of the Human Urinary Steroidome for Anti-Doping Applications.”
The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is pleased to share the following statistics and highlights for the first quarter of 2009, which was a particularly active and productive time for the anti-doping movement.
During 2008, USADA’s Education programming reached out to more than 15,840 individual elite athletes, junior athletes, athlete support, and NGB staff, in forty-one (41) cities across twenty-three
USADA announced today a series of ongoing initiatives the agency has been undertaking to assist U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes in complying with revised regulations recently released by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
During the third quarter of 2008, USADA’s Education programming reached out to more than 2,705 individual elite athletes, junior athletes, athlete support, and NGB staff, in twelve (12) cities across ten (10) states, representing more than thirteen (13) sports.
During the second quarter of 2008, USADA’s Education programming reached out to more than 1,500 individual senior athletes, junior athletes, athlete support, and NGB staff, in thirteen (13) cities across ten (10) states, representing more than thirteen (13) sports.
In advance of the Beijing Olympics, USADA is stepping up its educational efforts to assist America’s 2008 team delegation in preparing for the International Olympic Committee’s new Anti-Doping Rules for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
