International Anti-Doping Experts Author New Book on Science and Ethics of Doping in Sport
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.
U.S. Cyclist, Hamilton, Accepts Eight-Year Suspension for Doping Violation
Tyler Hamilton, an athlete in the sport of cycling, has tested positive for a prohibited substance and has accepted a suspension for a second anti-doping rules violation.
PCC Now Accepting Pre-Applications for 2nd Round of Grant Funding
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.
Partnership for Clean Competition Awards First Anti-Doping Research Grant
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.”
USADA Releases its “Game Plan 2012” and Announces First Quarter 2009 Program Statistics & Highlights
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.
USADA Announces 2008 Program Statistics
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