Funded Projects
The PCC has supported world-class research since 2008, investing more than $26 M to drive novel science. Research and grant-making are the foundation of the PCC and are the focus of everyday business activity. PCC-supported research contributes to a movement in addressing doping’s root causes and ultimately decreasing the use of performance-enhancing drugs by all participants in all sports at all levels of play.
Funded PCC projects represent proposals from 17 different countries and three continents. Nearly 90 principle investigators have been awarded grants to advance anti-doping knowledge through more than 100 unique research projects. Projects which showcase alignment with the PCC research priorities are given funding precedence.
Please contact us if you have questions regarding individual projects listed here.
Fellowships
Funded: 2018
Fellow:
Dr. Scott Lacombe, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, University of Texas at Austin.
Mentor:
Dr. Herbert Tobias; Dell Pediatric Institute, University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Tom Brenna; Dell Pediatric Institute, University of Texas at Austin
Research Title:
Validation of ARC Catalytic Combustion Reactors for Fast GCC-IRMS and
GC×GCC-IRMS
Funded: 2018
Fellow:
Dr. Jacob Bejder, University of Copenhagen
Mentor:
Dr. Nikolai Nordsborg, University of Copenhagen
Research Title:
Improving detection of erythropoiesis stimulating agents and glucocorticoids
Funded: 2018
Fellow:
Dr. Danielle Moncrieffe, King’s College London Drug Control Centre
Mentor:
Prof. David Cowan; King’s College London Drug Control Centre
Research Title:
Improving sample preparation for the quantification of low level proteins in blood
Funded: 2018
Fellow:
Dr. Laura Lewis; Australian Catholic University
Mentor:
Dr. Daniel Eichner, SMRTL
Research Title:
Influence of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) on the Athlete Biological Passport
Funded: 2016
Fellow:
Dr. Liying Jiang; King’s College London Drug Control Centre
Mentor:
Dr. David Cowan; King’s College London Drug Control Centre
Research Title:
Strategy for cost reduction in doping test using UPLC-ESPI-TOFMS for urine and DESI-QTOFMS for DBS
Funded: 2014
Fellow:
Dr. Geoff Miller; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Mentor:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Research Title:
Assessing hydration status through evaluation of albumin osmolality and lactate for the ABP
Funded: 2012
Fellow:
Dr. Bryan Kelly; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Mentor:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Micro-Grants
Funded: 2016
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Mario Thevis; German Sport University Cologne
Funded: 2016
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Mario Thevis; German Sport University Cologne
Funded: 2014
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Pauline Rudd; National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT)
Funded: 2014
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Mario Thevis; German Sport University Cologne
Funded: 2014
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Funded: 2016
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Funded: 2016
Principal Investigator:
Professor David Handelsman; ANZAC Research Institute
Funded: 2016
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Funded: 2016
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Lena Ekstrom; Karolinska Instituet
Funded: 2016
Principal Investigator:
Prof. Dr. Maria Kristina Parr; Freie Universitat Berlin
Funded: 2016
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Jack Henion; Q2 Solutions
Funded: 2017
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Robert Chapman; Indiana University
Funded: 2016
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Herb Tobias; Dell Pediatric Research Institute
Funded: 2017
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Pozo Mendoza; IMIM: Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiques
Heme Triggered Immune Responses and Redox Pathways as Targets to Detect Autologous Blood Transfusion
Funded: 2017
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Mariana Renovato Martins; Instituto Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Funded: 2017
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Robert Chapman, Indiana University
Funded: 2018
Principal Investigator:
Dr. James Hopker, University of Kent
Funded: 2018
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Roger Giese, Northeastern University
Funded: 2018
Principal Investigator:
Dr. G. Reverter Fundació, IMIM
Funded: 2018
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Usmanov D.T., Academy of Science Uzbekistan
Funded: 2018
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Nikolai Nordsborg, University of Copenhagen
Funded: 2018
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Malcolm McLeod, Australian National University
Funded: 2018
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Ole Jensen, University of Southern Denmark
Funded: 2019
Principal Investigators:
Dr. Owen Davies, Loughborough University
Funded: 2019
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Mario Thevis; German Sport University Cologne
Funded: 2019
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Funded: 2019
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Yvette Dehnes, Norwegian Doping Control Laboratory
Funded: 2020
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Siri Dorum, Norwegian Doping Control Laboratory
Funded: 2020
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Andy Hoofnagle, University of Washington
Funded: 2020
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Dilshadbek Usmanov, Institute of Ion Plasma and Laser Technologies, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences
Funded: 2020
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Guenter Gmeiner, Seibersdorf Labor GmbH
Funded: 2020
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Francesco Botre, Laboratorio Antidoping FMSI
Funded: 2020
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Janusz Pawliszyn, University of Waterloo
Funded: 2020
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Ole N. Jensen, University of Southern Denmark
Funded: 2020
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Danielle Moncrieffe, King’s College London Drug Control Centre
Funded: 2020
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Geoff Miller, Sports Medicine Research & Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Funded: 2020
Principal Investigator:
Dr. James Hopker, University of Kent
Funded: 2020
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Gustavo Cavalcanti, Laboratorio Brasileiro de Controle de Dopagem (LBCD), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Funded: 2020
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Dustin Nabhan, United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee
Funded: 2020
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Oscar Pozo, IMIM Hospital del Mar Research Institute – Bioanalysis Research Group
Funded: 2021
Principal Investigator:
Dr. David Handelsman, ANZAC Research Institute
Funded: 2021
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Andy Hoofnagle, University of Washington
Working Groups
Principal Investigators:
Dr. Mario Thevis; German Sport University Cologne
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Dr. David Cowan; King’s College London Drug Control Centre
Dr. Anthony Butch; UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory
Dr. Andy Hoofnagle; University of Washington
Principal Investigators:
Dr. Marilyn Huestis; National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH)
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Marilyn Huestis; National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH)
Principal Investigator:
Dr. John Higgins; Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Nikolai Nordsborg; University of Copenhagen
Dr. Jakob Bejder; University of Copenhagen
Dr. Daniel Eichner, SMRTL
Dr. James Cox, University of Utah
Dr. Merav Socolovsky, U Mass Medical School
Dr. Maziyar Baran Pouyan, University of Pittsburgh Medical School
Dr. John Phillips, University of Utah
Dr. Steve Elliott, PCC Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. Mike Sawka, PCC Scientific Advisory Board
Center of Excellence (Lab Equipment) Grants
Principal Investigators:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Dr. Anthony Butch; UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory
Principal Investigators:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Dr. Anthony Butch; UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory
Principal Investigators:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Dr. Anthony Butch; UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory
2020 Grants
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Mario Thevis, German Sport University Cologne
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Herb Tobias, Dell Pediatric Institute
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Christian Reichel, Seibersdorf Labor GmbH Doping Control Laboratory
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Michael Zimmerman, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Aviv Amirav, Tel Aviv University
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Jen-Tsan Chi, Duke University
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Christopher Chouinard, Florida Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Jean-Francois Naud, Laboratiore de Controle du Dopage
2019 Grants
Principal Investigator:
Prof. Francesco Botré, Federazione Medico Sportiva Italiana
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Alexandre Marchand, French Anti-Doping Agency
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Michaël Polet, Ghent University
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Federico Ponzetto, University of Turin
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Robert Roach, University of Colorado-Denver
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Fred Schaufele, XCellAssay
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner, Sports Medicine Research And Testing Laboratory
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Christopher Chouinard, Florida Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Andrew Jones, Activated Research
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Soledad Rubio Bravo, University of Cordoba
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Owen Davies, Loughborough University
Principal Investigator:
Univ-Prof. Dr. Mario Thevis, German Sport University Cologne
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner, Sports Medicine Research And Testing Laboratory
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Yvette Dehnes, Norwegian Doping Control Laboratory
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Michaël Polet, Ghent University
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Jason Whitfield, The University of Queensland
Principal Investigator:
Prof. Ajit Shah, Middlesex University London
Principal Investigator:
Dr. John Higgins, Massachusetts General Hospital
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Nikolai Nordsborg, University of Copenhagen
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Jen-Tsan Chi, Duke University
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Cleo Van Diemen, University of Groningen
Principal Investigator:
J.L. Clark
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner, Sports Medicine Research And Testing Laboratory
2018 Grants
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Christoph Borchers, McGill University
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Marijke Grau, German Sport University Cologne
Principal Investigator:
Dr. David Handelsman, ANZAC Research Institute, University of Sydney
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Nicholas Leuenberger, Lausanne University Hospital
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Carsten Lundby, University of Zurich
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Alexandre Marchand, AFLD
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Mario Thevis, Sport University Cologne
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Herbert Tobias, University of Texas at Austin
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Michael Polet, University of Ghent
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Laura Garvican, Australian Catholic University
2017 Grants
Identification of New Testosterone Biomarkers by an Untargeted Steroidomic Profiling in Blood Matrix
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Raul Nicoli; Swiss Anti-Doping Laboratory
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Zach Gagnon; John Hopkins University
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Jentsan Chi; Duke University
Comprehensive Steroid Detection in Urine Via Targeted Clean-Up and Fully Automated GCxGC-MS Analysis
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Nicholas Turner; The Open University
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Corinne Buisson; AFLD – Agence française de lutte contre le dopage
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Jentsan Chi; Duke University
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Christiane Ayotte; INRS Santé
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Paul Armishaw; National Measurement Institute
2016 Grants
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Nicolas Voelcker; Monash University
Principal Investigator:
Dr. James Harynuk; University of Alberta
Dr. Fred West; University of Alberta
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Emad Kiriakous; Queensland University
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Fred Schaufele; Xcell Assay
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Gaetano Cairo; University of Milan
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Christiane Ayotte; INRS Santé
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Judith Su; University of Arizona
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Nikolai Nordsborg; University of Copenhagen
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Mario Thevis; German Sport University Cologne
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Herb Tobias; Dell Pediatric Research Institute
2015 Grants
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Jack Henion; Q2 Solutions
Principal Investigators:
Dr. Peter Van Eenoo; University of Ghent Doping Control Laboratory
Dr. Michael Polet; University of Ghent
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Herbert Tobias; Cornell University
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Eleftherios Diamandis; Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Paul Gregorevic; Baker IDI and Diabetes Institute
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Laura Garvican-Lewis; Australian Institute of Sport
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Nikolai Nordsborg; University of Copenhagen
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Paul Armishaw; National Measurement Institute
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Stephen Davies; National Measurement Institute
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Lore Geldof; University of Ghent
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Chris Harrison; San Diego State University
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Christian Reichel; Seibersdorf Labor GmbH Doping Control Laboratory
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Richard Yost; University of Florida
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Nicolas Voelcker; Monash University, Australia
2014 Grants
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Jack Henion; Q2 Solutions
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Kara Lynch; University of California San Francisco
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Benjamin Levine; UT Southwestern Medical Center
Principal Investigators:
Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL) and UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory WADA Accredited Labs
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Mike Ashenden; Science and Industry Against Blood doping (SIAB)
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Richard Holt; University of Southampton
Principal Investigator:
Dr. David Chen; University of British Columbia
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Peter Van Eenoo; Doping Control Laboratory, University of Ghent
Principal Investigator:
Dr. David Cowan; King’s College London Drug Control Centre
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Mario Thevis; German Sport University Cologne
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Pauline Rudd; NIBRT
2013 Grants
Detecting bio-molecules by nanotechnology & Raman spectroscopy: Rapid Screening kit for EPO in urine
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Emad Kiriakous; Queensland University
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Ruprecht Keller; Cologne Central Hospital Lab.
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Rodrigo Aguilera
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Anthony Butch; UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory
Principal Investigator:
Dr. David Cowan; King’s College London Drug Control Centre
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Tom Brenna; Cornell University
Principal Investigator:
Dr. David Cowan; King’s College London Drug Control Centre
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Detlaf Thieme; IDAS Dresden
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Christoph Borchers; University of Victoria
2012 Grants
Principal Investigator:
Dr. James Watkins; Norwich Ventures
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Frank Suhr; German Sport University Cologne
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Mike Ashenden; Science and Industry Against Blood doping (SIAB) Australia
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Jenny Schulze; Karolinska Institutet
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Philip Smith; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2011 Grants
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Barbara Daniel; King’s College London
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Richard Snyder; University of Florida
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Andy Hoofnagle; University of Washington
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Marijke Grau; German Sport University Cologne
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Donald Siegel; University of Pennsylvania
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Thomas Piper; Deutsche Sporthochschule Koln
2010 Grants
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Jason Dragoo; Leland Stanford Junior University
Principal Investigator:
Dr. David Bruns; University of Virginia
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Pauline Rudd; National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Andrew Kicman; King’s College London
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Richard Holt; University of Southampton
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Monica Mazzarino; Labortio anti doping FMSI
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Nicolas Leuenberger; Swiss Laboratory for Anti-Doping Analyses
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Svetlana Appolonova; Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Andrew Phillips; Yale University