17 11, 2020

42 – Paralympic Powerlifter Advocates for Anti-Doping – Ali Jawad

By |2020-11-17T07:26:38-07:00November 17th, 2020|Categories: Podcast|

Ali Jawad is an accomplished British powerlifter and Board Member of the Commonwealth Games Team England. He was awarded a bronze medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, a silver medal in the 2016 Paralympic Games, and gold medals in [...]

3 11, 2020

41 – The Impacts of COVID-19 on the Olympic and Paralympic Games – Jonathan Finnoff, DO

By |2020-11-03T07:15:33-07:00November 3rd, 2020|Categories: Podcast|

Dr. Jonathan Finnoff is Chief Medical Officer of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC). In our interview, he discusses the timeline of events leading up to the postponement of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the broad spectrum [...]

20 10, 2020

40 – How PGA TOUR Is Handling COVID-19 – Andy Levinson

By |2020-10-20T07:10:37-06:00October 20th, 2020|Categories: Podcast|

Andy Levinson is Senior Vice President of Tournament Administration at PGA TOUR and Executive Director of USA GOLF. In our interview, he provides an insider look at how PGA TOUR has navigated some of the major challenges posed by [...]

6 10, 2020

39 – Major League Baseball’s Response to COVID-19 – Jon Coyles, JD

By |2020-10-06T07:07:30-06:00October 6th, 2020|Categories: Podcast|

Jon Coyles is Vice President of Drug, Health and Safety Programs at Major League Baseball (MLB). In this episode, he gives us a behind-the-scenes look at some of the biggest challenges that MLB has faced as a result of [...]

15 09, 2020

38 – Impacts of Altitude and Iron Supplementation on Haematological Responses – Laura Garvican-Lewis, PhD

By |2020-09-17T09:26:48-06:00September 15th, 2020|Categories: Podcast|

Dr. Laura Lewis is Director of Science at the US Anti-Doping Agency. Previously, she was a Research Fellow at the Australian Catholic University. She was awarded a PCC Research Grant in 2015 and a PCC Fellowship in 2018. We [...]

1 09, 2020

37 – Dietary Supplement Certification to Protect Athletes – Lori Bestervelt, PhD

By |2020-09-15T10:03:54-06:00September 1st, 2020|Categories: Podcast|

Dr. Lori Bestervelt is Director of Business Development & Partnerships at ChemFORWARD, a nonprofit collaboration of brands, retailers, and NGOs providing high quality, actionable data on chemical hazards. She was formerly Executive Vice President & Chief Science Officer at [...]

18 08, 2020

36 – Physician Committed to Clean Sport and Athlete Safety – Ed Merrens, MD, MHCDS

By |2020-08-18T07:21:37-06:00August 18th, 2020|Categories: Podcast|

Dr. Ed Merrens is Chief Clinical Officer and a Hospitalist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, and Board Member of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). He shares his perspective on challenges in anti-doping, the [...]

4 08, 2020

35 – Intelligence-Based Anti-Doping and International Anti-Doping Efforts – Michael Ask

By |2020-08-05T07:40:16-06:00August 4th, 2020|Categories: Podcast|

Michael Ask is CEO of Anti-Doping Denmark and Chairman of the International Association of National Anti-Doping Organizations (iNADO). He discusses intelligence-based anti-doping, different types of evidence they collect in anti-doping cases, the goals and objectives of iNADO, the importance [...]

21 07, 2020

34 – Executive Director Update on the PCC’s Response to COVID-19 – Michael Pearlmutter, MBA

By |2020-07-21T08:20:22-06:00July 21st, 2020|Categories: Podcast|

Michael Pearlmutter, MBA, is Executive Director of the Partnership for Clean Competition (PCC). In this episode, Michael provides an update on how the PCC and the anti-doping community have been impacted by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the PCC’s recent [...]

7 07, 2020

33 – An Inside Look at a WADA-Accredited Laboratory – Francesco Botrè, PhD

By |2020-07-07T07:13:25-06:00July 7th, 2020|Categories: Podcast|

Francesco Botrè, PhD, is Director of the WADA-Accredited Laboratorio Antidoping Federazione Medico Sportiva Italiana (FMSI Anti-Doping Lab). He shares the history of FMSI Lab and the complex process of how samples are collected, delivered, anonymized, processed, analyzed, and interpreted by [...]