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
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Mario Thevis; German Sport University Cologne
Funded: 2016
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Mario Thevis; German Sport University Cologne
Funded: 2014
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Pauline Rudd; National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT)
Funded: 2014
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Mario Thevis; German Sport University Cologne
Funded: 2014
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Funded: 2016
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Funded: 2016
Principle Investigator:
Professor David Handelsman; ANZAC Research Institute
Funded: 2016
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Funded: 2016
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Lena Ekstrom; Karolinska Instituet
Funded: 2016
Principle Investigator:
Prof. Dr. Maria Kristina Parr; Freie Universitat Berlin
Funded: 2016
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Jack Henion; Q2 Solutions
Funded: 2017
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Robert Chapman; Indiana University
Funded: 2016
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Herb Tobias; Dell Pediatric Research Institute
Funded: 2017
Principle 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
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Mariana Renovato Martins; Instituto Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Funded: 2017
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Robert Chapman, Indiana University
Funded: 2018
Principle Investigator:
Dr. James Hopker, University of Kent
Funded: 2018
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Roger Giese, Northeastern University
Funded: 2018
Principle Investigator:
Dr. G. Reverter Fundació, IMIM
Funded: 2018
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Usmanov D.T., Academy of Science Uzbekistan
Funded: 2018
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Nikolai Nordsborg, University of Copenhagen
Funded: 2018
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Malcolm McLeod, Australian National University
Funded: 2018
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Ole Jensen, University of Southern Denmark
Funded: 2019
Principle Investigators:
Dr. Owen Davies, Loughborough University
Funded: 2019
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Mario Thevis; German Sport University Cologne
Funded: 2019
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Funded: 2019
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Yvette Dehnes, Norwegian Doping Control Laboratory
Working Groups
Principle 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
Principle Investigators:
Dr. Marilyn Huestis; National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH)
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Marilyn Huestis; National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH)
Principle 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
Principle Investigators:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Dr. Anthony Butch; UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory
Principle Investigators:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Dr. Anthony Butch; UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory
Principle Investigators:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Dr. Anthony Butch; UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory
2019 Grants
Principle Investigator:
Prof. Francesco Botré, Federazione Medico Sportiva Italiana
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Alexandre Marchand, French Anti-Doping Agency
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Michaël Polet, Ghent University
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Federico Ponzetto, University of Turin
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Robert Roach, University of Colorado-Denver
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Fred Schaufele, XCellAssay
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner, Sports Medicine Research And Testing Laboratory
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Christopher Chouinard, Florida Institute of Technology
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Andrew Jones, Activated Research
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Soledad Rubio Bravo, University of Cordoba
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Owen Davies, Loughborough University
Principle Investigator:
Univ-Prof. Dr. Mario Thevis, German Sport University Cologne
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner, Sports Medicine Research And Testing Laboratory
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Yvette Dehnes, Norwegian Doping Control Laboratory
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Michaël Polet, Ghent University
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Jason Whitfield, The University of Queensland
Principle Investigator:
Prof. Ajit Shah, Middlesex University London
Principle Investigator:
Dr. John Higgins, Massachusetts General Hospital
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Nikolai Nordsborg, University of Copenhagen
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Jen-Tsan Chi, Duke University
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Cleo Van Diemen, University of Groningen
Principle Investigator:
J.L. Clark
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner, Sports Medicine Research And Testing Laboratory
2018 Grants
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Christoph Borchers, McGill University
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Marijke Grau, German Sport University Cologne
Principle Investigator:
Dr. David Handelsman, ANZAC Research Institute, University of Sydney
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Nicholas Leuenberger, Lausanne University Hospital
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Carsten Lundby, University of Zurich
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Alexandre Marchand, AFLD
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Mario Thevis, Sport University Cologne
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Herbert Tobias, University of Texas at Austin
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Michael Polet, University of Ghent
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Laura Garvican, Australian Catholic University
2017 Grants
Identification of New Testosterone Biomarkers by an Untargeted Steroidomic Profiling in Blood Matrix
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Raul Nicoli; Swiss Anti-Doping Laboratory
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Zach Gagnon; John Hopkins University
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Jentsan Chi; Duke University
Comprehensive Steroid Detection in Urine Via Targeted Clean-Up and Fully Automated GCxGC-MS Analysis
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Nicholas Turner; The Open University
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Corinne Buisson; AFLD – Agence française de lutte contre le dopage
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Jentsan Chi; Duke University
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Christiane Ayotte; INRS Santé
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Paul Armishaw; National Measurement Institute
2016 Grants
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Nicolas Voelcker; Monash University
Principle Investigator:
Dr. James Harynuk; University of Alberta
Dr. Fred West; University of Alberta
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Emad Kiriakous; Queensland University
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Fred Schaufele; Xcell Assay
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Gaetano Cairo; University of Milan
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Christiane Ayotte; INRS Santé
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Judith Su; University of Arizona
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Nikolai Nordsborg; University of Copenhagen
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Mario Thevis; German Sport University Cologne
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Herb Tobias; Dell Pediatric Research Institute
2015 Grants
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Jack Henion; Q2 Solutions
Principle Investigators:
Dr. Peter Van Eenoo; University of Ghent Doping Control Laboratory
Dr. Michael Polet; University of Ghent
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Herbert Tobias; Cornell University
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Eleftherios Diamandis; Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Paul Gregorevic; Baker IDI and Diabetes Institute
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Laura Garvican-Lewis; Australian Institute of Sport
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Nikolai Nordsborg; University of Copenhagen
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Paul Armishaw; National Measurement Institute
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Stephen Davies; National Measurement Institute
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Lore Geldof; University of Ghent
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Chris Harrison; San Diego State University
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Christian Reichel; Seibersdorf Labor GmbH Doping Control Laboratory
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Richard Yost; University of Florida
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Nicolas Voelcker; Monash University, Australia
2014 Grants
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Jack Henion; Q2 Solutions
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Kara Lynch; University of California San Francisco
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Benjamin Levine; UT Southwestern Medical Center
Principle Investigators:
Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL) and UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory WADA Accredited Labs
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Mike Ashenden; Science and Industry Against Blood doping (SIAB)
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Richard Holt; University of Southampton
Principle Investigator:
Dr. David Chen; University of British Columbia
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Daniel Eichner; Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory (SMRTL)
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Peter Van Eenoo; Doping Control Laboratory, University of Ghent
Principle Investigator:
Dr. David Cowan; King’s College London Drug Control Centre
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Mario Thevis; German Sport University Cologne
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Pauline Rudd; NIBRT
2013 Grants
Detecting bio-molecules by nanotechnology & Raman spectroscopy: Rapid Screening kit for EPO in urine
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Emad Kiriakous; Queensland University
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Ruprecht Keller; Cologne Central Hospital Lab.
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Rodrigo Aguilera
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Anthony Butch; UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory
Principle Investigator:
Dr. David Cowan; King’s College London Drug Control Centre
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Tom Brenna; Cornell University
Principle Investigator:
Dr. David Cowan; King’s College London Drug Control Centre
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Detlaf Thieme; IDAS Dresden
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Christoph Borchers; University of Victoria
2012 Grants
Principle Investigator:
Dr. James Watkins; Norwich Ventures
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Frank Suhr; German Sport University Cologne