Brett Clothier is Head of Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), and in this episode, he shares more about his career in sport integrity and the work that he and the team at AIU are doing to help protect clean sport. We discuss some of the biggest challenges the sport of athletics (track and field) is currently facing, AIU's efforts to address these issues, how AIU engages with stakeholders across the sport landscape to cultivate a culture of integrity, and AIU's role in major sporting events, including the recent London Marathon where Sebastian Sawe's record-breaking performance made headlines alongside his voluntary commitment to a strict anti-doping testing protocol.
Jul 7
48 min
Dr. Sara Amalie Solheim is a former PCC Fellow, and she is currently a Researcher and Athlete Passport Management Unit (APMU) Manager at the Norwegian Doping Control Laboratory and Nordic APMU. In this episode, Sara discusses her career path, her work a the Norwegian Doping control Lab, and her PCC-funded Fellowship research projects. These projects examined the potential confounding effects of non-analytical factors like cold shipment of blood samples, low energy availability, acute resistance training, and the menstrual cycle on biomarkers in the steroid and endocrine modules of the Athlete Biological Passport.
Jun 30
35 min
Dr. Maarten Cruyff is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences and Chair of Methodology and Statistics at Utrecht University. In this episode, he discusses how methods used to measure doping prevalence have changed over time, his work on different models for collecting and analyzing responses from athlete surveys about doping, his role in the World Anti-Doping Agency's Prevalence Working Group, current challenges that remain in determining doping prevalence, and more.
Jun 16
45 min
Kara Goucher is a three-time NCAA champion, two-time Olympian, winner of the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in the 10,000 meter race, and a podium finisher at the Boston and New York Marathons. She is currently a mom and a successful author, television commentator, and podcaster. In this episode, Kara discusses her passion for running, the ups and downs of her athletic career, her experiences as part of Nike's Oregon Project, and the important role she played as an informant to bring the doping issues she witnessed to light.
May 5
40 min
Carlos López Tiboni is Senior Anti-Doping Manager at the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). He shared details about FIFA's history, their approach to anti-doping, their current anti-doping program, and the organization's priorities for the future. Carlos provided insight into the scope of FIFa's anti-doping testing and education efforts, and the partnerships that help make their anti-doping program possible. In advance of the FIFA World Cup 2026™, Carlos and his team have been hard at work getting ready for this major event, and he discussed their preparations and the role they will play throughout the competition this summer.
Apr 21
44 min
Holly Shick is Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC). She is also Vice Chair of the Board of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum and a member of the Board of Governors of the Partnership for Clean Competition. In this episode, Holly explains why the USOPC created her role in 2020, how the ethics and compliance environment at the USOPC has evolved over the past six years, and the role that she and her team play in major competitions like the recent 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Apr 7
33 min
Dr. Neil Robinson Neil is Head of the Science & Medical Department at the International Testing Agency (ITA). In this episode, he discusses his career, the role of ITA in the anti-doping community, and current scientific priorities. We go in-depth on the logistics, challenges, and impacts of anti-doping sample storage and re-analysis, opportunities in anti-doping data analytics, collaborations with diverse stakeholders, and more.
Mar 24
48 min
169 - Developing a Novel Chemical AI Platform to Discover New Doping Agents - Michael Skinnider, PhD
Dr. Michael Skinnider is an Assistant Professor in the Ludwig Princeton Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University. In this interview, Mike discusses how he got involved in anti-doping research and provides an in-depth look into the novel chemical artificial intelligence (AI) platform he has been developing that is focused on discovering new doping agents. He shares next steps for this line of research and his perspective on the potential impacts of this work for the anti-doping community.
Mar 3
30 min
Dr. Olivier de Hon is the Chief Science Officer and Director of Intelligence and Investigations at Doping Authority Netherlands. In this episode, he shares more about the history of the organization, progress in estimating doping prevalence, challenges in assessing the effectiveness of anti-doping programs, and considerations for promoting clean sport among elite athletes as well as recreational athletes in gyms and fitness centers.
Feb 17
38 min
Dr. Jennifer Royer is the TrueSport & Awareness Senior Director at the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). In this episode, she goes in-depth on the educational materials and resources that TrueSport provides for coaches, athletes, and their families. We also hear about her career, hot topics in sport education, and how TrueSport engages athletes and other partners to support and raise awareness for clean sport and sport integrity.
Feb 3
50 min
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