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Anti-Doping Congress Recap

Published on: November 02, 2007

Leslee Fisher. PhD.One of the first ever Anti-Doping Congress events to be held in the United States was held last week, Oct. 23-24, 2007 at the Galt House in Louisville, KY. The Congress was hosted by the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Co-hosting organizations included the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the Taylor Hooton Foundation. Delegates who attended the Congress included representatives from the National Athletic Trainer’s Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National High School Scholastic Federation, and ten National Governing Bodies who oversee the ethical operations of USA Baseball, Fencing, Hockey, Soccer, Lacrosse, Swimming, Rowing, Volleyball, Track and Field, Volleyball, and Triathlon.
 
The primary goal of the two-day Congress was to engage various organizations from sport and exercise sciences, coaching, education, health care, media and other professions to take a collective look at the problem of performance enhancement drug use and other doping issues, and to begin looking at collaborative action items that would curb future doping at all levels of sport and exercise.
 

Congress discussions were guided by four main objectives:

  1. To continue efforts first developed at a USADA 2006 Symposium: Effective Anti-Doping Prevention Strategies
  2. To suggest the implementation of action plans that promotes Clean Sport among children and adolescents
  3. To engage the media in social change tactics that refute the acceptability of drug use in sport and exercise
  4. To encourage organization delegates in “The Clean Sport Alliance” to be active members of a coalition that moves forward with clear goals and action steps
 
The Anti-Doping Congress included highly attended sessions by the following individuals and topics:
 
  • An Ethical Framework for Viewing Doping in Sport
    Dr. Andrew Pipe, University of Ottawa, Canada
  • Motivation for Drug Use and Abuse in Sport and Exercise (View Presentation)
    Dr. Leslee Fisher, University of Tennessee
    Dr. Tracy Olrich, Central Michigan University
  • Repercussions of “Just Come Back Bigger, Son”
    Don Hooton, Taylor Hooton Foundation
  • Why It’s So Hard to Stop: An Introspective on Steroid Use
    Sean P. Mullen, PhD Candidate, the University of Virginia
  • Drug Use Across Ages and Stages in Sport and Exercise (View Presentation)
    Dr. Gary Green, UCLA Drug Testing Labs, Consultant to Major League Baseball
  • Protecting Children from the Role Modeling of Drug Abuse by Elite and Professional Athletes: A Media Perspective
    Matthew Sorenson, Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine 
    Christine Brennan, USA Today Sports Columnist
  • A Round Table: “Bring on the Heavy Hitters (View Presentation)
    Dr. Sharon Stoll, University of Idaho
    Dr. Brenda Bredemeier, University of Missouri-St. Louis
    Dr. Dan Gould, American Association of Osteopathic Sports Medicine
    Moderated by Dr. Michael Stuart, Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center
  • Does Part of the Solution Lie in the Written Word
    Ross Berstein, author of “The Code”
  • Has the Anti-Drug Coalition a Soul for Social Change (View Presentation)
    Paul Loeb, Social Activist
 

The Anti-Doping Congress concluded with a session on identifying priority action items for a working action plan. A DVD was produced of the entire proceedings which are available to media, to all Congress attendees, to members of all interested organizations and to the general public.  

Click here to view the webcasts of presentations at the Anti-Doping Congress »