Director of the WADA-accredited laboratory in Montreal, Canada
Position:
Not Clearly Pro or Con
to the question "Should performance enhancing drugs (such as steroids) be accepted in sports?"
Reasoning:
"Some people were cynical at the end of the [2008] Olympics, saying out of 5,000 tests there were only nine positives, how could that be? But the testing is not over. The athletes who doped should not sit back and say: 'Oh, I was never caught. I'm O.K.' No, they should still be worried."
"Olympic Blood Samples to Be Retested," New York Times, Oct. 9, 2008
Experts
Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or other relevant advanced degrees, heads of professional sports leagues, and US Congress members with significant involvement in, or related to, performance enhancing drugs and sports. [Note: Experts definition varies by site]
Involvement and Affiliations:
Member, various working groups, WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency), 2000-present
Member, IOC Working Group on Harmonization of Laboratory protocols, 1996-present
Professor, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)-Institut Armand-Frappier research centre, 1992-present
Director, WADA-accredited laboratory in Montreal, Canada, 1991-present
Member, l'Ordre des Chimistes du Québec, 1982-present
Recipient, Medal of Honour of the Canadian Medical Association, 2006
Chair of the Jury, Prix du Québec Wilder-Penfield, 2003
Member of the Jury, Prix du Québec Wilder-Penfield, 2002
Member, IOC (International Olympic Committee) Medical Commission, Salt Lake City Olympic Games, 2002
Recipient, Scientist of the Year, Société Radio-Canada, 1999
Member, IOC Working Group sub-commission Doping and Biochemistry of Sport, 1996-1998
Member, IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) Doping Commission, 1995-present
Representative, Heads of IOC Accredited Laboratories, 1995-1996
Education:
PhD, Organic Chemistry, Université de Montréal, 1983
MSc, Organic Chemistry, Université de Montréal, 1978
Cowritten with A. Pipe, "Nutritional Supplements and Doping," Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, July 2002
Cowritten with N. Robinson, F. Taroni, M. Saugy, P. Mangin, and J. Dvorak, "Detection of Nandrolone Metabolites in Urine After a Football Game in Professional and Amateur Players: A Bayesian Comparison," Forensic Science International, Nov. 2001
Coauthor, "Sport Nutritional Supplements: Quality and Doping Controls," Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, 2001
Cowritten with D. Goudreault, "The Detection of New Synthetic Drugs in Athletes' Urine Samples," Journal of Toxicology, May 1999
