27 04, 2020

Research Crossover: Beta Blockers

By |2022-10-20T15:58:44-06:00April 27th, 2020|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , |

The Partnership for Clean Competition funds more than 70% of the world’s anti-doping research, so when it comes to the field, we’ve seen almost everything. However, outside of anti-doping circles, many researchers don’t realize how broad the space truly is—and [...]

11 03, 2020

Adalheidur Dóra Albertsdóttir discusses research that won her Manfred Donike Award

By |2020-03-11T08:49:44-06:00March 11th, 2020|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , |

Each year, Dr. Mario Thevis, head of the Centre for Preventative Doping Research and Vice President of Research at the German Sport University Cologne, hosts the Manfred Donike Workshop in Germany. The namesake of the workshop, Dr. Donike, was the German [...]

11 02, 2020

Pre-application Tips with PCC Executive Director

By |2020-02-11T10:05:27-07:00February 11th, 2020|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

There seems to be a lot of confusion around the pre-application. Allow us to clarify and offer some pre-application tips! The purpose of the pre-app is to convey the aim of the proposed research to the Scientific Advisory Board without making [...]

10 01, 2020

Event Spotlight: 38th Annual Manfred Donike Workshop

By |2020-01-10T13:04:28-07:00January 10th, 2020|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The PCC is once again delighted to attend the Manfred Donike Workshop, held annually in Cologne, Germany. 2020 marks the 38th iteration of the event. The conference is hosted by Dr. Mario Thevis, head of the Centre for Preventative Doping Research and Vice [...]

27 09, 2019

Scicomm Internship at the US Olympic Committee

By |2019-09-27T11:39:36-06:00September 27th, 2019|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The PCC seeks a #scicomm intern!Apply by October 18, 2019 via the Olympic & Paralympic Committee website: https://recruiting.ultipro.com/USO1001/JobBoard/bc8f4af5-0753-ca80-0a4c-4f512286e8f1/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=3b646850-942d-41a0-b243-407e128aef90This is your opportunity to work at Team USA headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the base of the Rocky Mountains communicating the stories [...]

21 11, 2018

The Role of Pharmacy in Anti-Doping: An Interview with PharmD Student Athena Brindle

By |2018-11-27T10:29:03-07:00November 21st, 2018|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Athena Brindle is a PharmD student at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy. She recently had the unique opportunity to intern at USADA, where she created a quick reference internal supplement ingredient database, learned about the Therapeutic Use Exemption [...]

2 10, 2018

The PCC Begins Field Trials on Innovative Exhaled Breath Anti-Doping Technology

By |2018-11-16T18:59:06-07:00October 2nd, 2018|Categories: Blog, Press Releases|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

For immediate release: The Partnership for Clean Competition (PCC), the global leader in sports anti-doping research and development, is conducting field trials of exhaled breath testing technology for in-competition sample collection. The trials began in late September 2018 in conjunction [...]

5 04, 2018

5 myths about the PCC

By |2018-11-16T18:59:07-07:00April 5th, 2018|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

For our first Myth Vs. Fact blog series installment, we're tackling myths related to the PCC itself! We test athletes Nope! We fund the science that creates and advances anti-doping technology. For instance, the techniques and devices used by sample collection [...]

14 02, 2018

New Research: Growth Hormone Biomarker

By |2018-11-16T18:59:07-07:00February 14th, 2018|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A new paper, published by the team led by Dr. David Cowan at the WADA-Accredited Drug Control Centre at King’s College London, has been published in “Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry.” The research focuses on the usage of P-III-NP as a [...]

13 02, 2018

PCC Funding: Not Just for WADA Labs

By |2018-11-16T18:59:07-07:00February 13th, 2018|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A common misconception about anti-doping science is that practitioners of research in this field are all associated with anti-doping laboratories. In fact, the majority of investigators we fund represent numerous fields of science (from analytical chemistry to physiology), and conduct their [...]