New PhD project for Anti Doping Denmark


A new industrial PhD project in cooperation between Anti Doping Denmark, University of Copenhagen and the Norwegian laboratory for doping analysis must explore new methods of doping.

 

Anti Doping Denmark received approval from the Innovation Fund for an industrial PhD., to examine new tests for doping control. Existing techniques for doping control and analysis improved continually, and there are new methods. The PhD project 'Improving the time and cost-efficiency in doping analysis' aims to evaluate and develop the collection and analysis methods 'dried blood spots' and 'dried plasma spots' when analyzing a dried drop of blood for doping substances. The project will examine how through the analysis of a single drop of blood to test for relevant doping substances like insulin, testosterone and clenbuterol Dried blood spot and dried plasma spot-tests are among possible new control methods in the future which can make it easier and less intimidating for the members to carry out a doping control. The hope is that dried blood spot tests could eventually be used to test for prohibited substances. Instead of providing a urine sample can be practitioner settle for a finger stick, from which a drop of blood is transferred to a sheet of paper. This blood stain then analyzed by a laboratory for doping substances. The PhD project will run from 2017-2019 in cooperation between Anti Doping Denmark, University of Copenhagen and the WADA-accredited laboratory at Aker University Hospital in Oslo. PhD Fellow is Sara Amalie Solheim, MSc. in human physiology / sports physiology.

Access the world's largest Anti-Doping Database, spanning over 60 years of doping cases and investigations.

Use up-to-date data when reporting or researching on doping in sport, or when defending an athlete in an anti-doping matter.