The Symposium explored how traditional direct doping detection compares to efforts to discover, verify, validate and adopt sensitive and specific indirect biomarkers to facilitate effective target testing and detection.
USADA has proudly awarded the 3rd Annual Larry D. Bowers Award for Excellence in Anti-Doping Science to Dr. Matthias Kamber.
October 3, 2017 In honor and recognition of the vital role anti-doping scientists play in the fight for clean sport, USADA has proudly awarded the 2nd Annual Larry D. Bowers Excellence in Anti-Doping Science Award to Dr. Wilhelm Schänzer of the German Sport University Cologne. Presented on September 30 during USADA’s 16th Annual Symposium on…
September 29, 2017 Today marks the start of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s 16th Annual Symposium on Anti-Doping Science, a meeting of 100 of the world’s top anti-doping experts and academics from diverse fields whose collaboration will help advance current anti-doping science and shape the future of anti-doping research. Gathering in Orlando, Florida, these invited experts…
October 7, 2016 Leading academics and outside experts from nearly 30 countries and diverse scientific fields convened for the USADA Annual Symposium on Anti-Doping Science, in Bellevue, Washington, this past weekend, where they explored the theme, “Recovery, Repair, and Regeneration: From Steroids to Stem Cells.” The 15th Annual Science Symposium united more than 100 world-renowned…
December 22, 2014 On 16 December 2014, The Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) hosted the first formal Global DRO Seminar for more than 250 sports pharmacists. The seminar included the presentations from the representatives of the founding Global DRO partners which includes the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), and the Canadian Centre for Ethics…
June 4, 2014 In early 2014, anti-doping organizations were made aware that athletes may be using dangerous, highly toxic, and concentrated gases such as Xenon, in an attempt to enhance performance. No credible scientific studies have proven that Xenon is a safe or effective way to enhance performance by increasing Hypoxia-Inducible Factor (HIF) stability in…