Science & Medicine

Our responsibilities in the fields of science and medicine include:

• Accreditation of anti-doping laboratories
• Scientific Research
• Prohibited List
• Athlete Biological Passport
• Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs)

Scientific events

WADA organizes scientific meetings and symposia that bring together international scientists and experts in relevant fields of anti-doping science, to keep up with the evolving scientific challenges facing clean sport and to assess new developments in testing and analysis.

Standing Committee, Expert Advisory Groups and Working Groups

We receive expert and technical advice from the Health, Medical and Research Standing Committee and the following Expert Advisory Groups: 

• Gene and Cell Doping
• Laboratory
• Prohibited List
• TUE

Our Working Groups provide guidance and recommendations on specific areas or topics requiring a particular expertise, including:

• Contaminants (with WADA’s Legal Department)
• EPO
• Endocrine Analytics
• GC/C/IRMS
• Steroidal Athlete Biological Passport (ABP)
• Glucocorticoids Threshold
• MRPL
• Steroids in Blood
• Haematological Passport
• Scientific Project Review

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

In addition to contributing to the anti-doping science knowledge base by funding research through our Research Grant Project, WADA’s Science and Medicine Department continues to publish on topics related to the department’s activities.

• Determination of Urinary Concentrations of Pseudoephedrine and Cathine After Therapeutic Administration of Pseudoephedrine-Containing Medications to Healthy Subjects: Implications for Doping Control Analysis of these Stimulants Banned in Sport
  Barroso O, Goudreault D, Carbó Banús ML, Ayotte C, Mazzoni I, Boghosian T, Rabin O.
  Drug Test Anal. 2011 May 6. doi: 10.1002/dta.291. [Epub ahead of print]
• The Athlete Biological Passport
  Sottas PE, Robinson N, Rabin O, Saugy M.
  Clin Chem. 2011 Jul;57(7):969-76. Epub 2011 May 19. Review
• Investigating the Use of Stimulants in Out-of-Competition Sport Samples
  Boghosian T, Mazzoni I, Barroso O, Rabin O.
  J Anal Toxicol. 2011 Nov;35(9):613-6.
• The List of Prohibited Substances and Methods in Sport: Structure and Review Process by the World Anti-Doping Agency
  Mazzoni I, Barroso O, Rabin O.
  J Anal Toxicol. 2011 Nov;35(9):608-12.
• Cannabis in Sport: Anti-Doping Perspective
  Huestis MA, Mazzoni I, Rabin O.
  Sports Med. 2011 Nov 1;41(11):949-66. doi: 10.2165/11591430-000000000-00000. Review
• Involvement of the Health Industry in the Fight Against Doping in Sport
  Rabin O.
  Forensic Sci Int. 2011 Dec 10;213(1-3):10-4. Epub 2011 Jul 7
• Anti-doping analysis and the Olympics
  Schamasch P,  Rabin O.
  Bioanalysis. 2012 Jul;4(13):1529-30.
• Harmonization of anti-doping rules in a global context (World Anti-Doping Agency-laboratory accreditation perspective)
  Ivanova V , Miller J, Rabin O, Squirrell,A, Westwood S.
  Bioanalysis. 2012 Jul;4(13):1603-11.
• Ensuring high quality in anti-doping laboratories
  Boghosian T, Barroso O, Ivanova V, Rabin O.
  Bioanalysis. 2012 Jul;4(13):1591-601.
• Preparation and accreditation of anti-doping laboratories for the Olympic Games
  Botrè F, Wu M,  Boghosian T.
  Bioanalysis. 2012 Jul;4(13):1623-31
• Measurement uncertainty in anti-doping quantitative analysis for prohibited threshold substances
  Barroso O,  Miller J,  Squirrell A, Westwood S.
  Bioanalysis. 2012 Jul;4(13):1653-65.
• Analytical challenges in the detection of peptide hormones for anti-doping purposes
  Barroso O, Handelsman D.J, Strasburger C, Thevis M.
  Bioanalysis. 2012 Jul;4(13):1577-90.
• An integrative 'omics' solution to the detection of recombinant human erythropoietin and blood doping
  Pitsiladis Y, Durussel J, Rabin O.
  Br J Sports Med. 2014 May;48(10):856-61.
• Structure and Development of the List of Prohibited Substances and Methods
  Kinahan A, Budgett R, Mazzoni, I.
  Med Sport Sci. 2017 Jun;62:39-54.
• Meldonium long-term excretion period and pharmacokinetics in blood and urine of healthy athlete volunteers
  Rabin O, Uiba V,  Miroshnikova Y, Zabelin M, Samoylov A, Karkischenko V, Semyonov S, Astrelina T, Razinkin S.
  Drug Test Anal. 2019 Apr;11(4):554-566.
• Standardization of reticulocyte counts in the athlete biological passport
  Naud J-F, Giraud S , Robinson N, Desharnais P, Ericsson M , Saugy M, Kuuranne T, Ayotte C,  Boghosian  T, Aikin R,   Sottas P-E.
  Int J Lab. Hematol. 2019 Jun;41(3):387-391.