Opportunities in Clean Sport: Anti-Doping at the Olympic Games and the new ITA Academic Centre at UQ

Dr Mark Stuart, Head of the ITA Academy at the International Testing Agency (ITA), Switzerland, will visit UQ to talk about the ITA Academy's Global Training Framework for Anti-Doping and Clean Sport and what it means for UQ as an official ITA Academic Centre. The ITA is the independent global organisation, established by the IOC and WADA, that runs the anti-doping program for the Olympic Games and many international sport federations. Mark will outline the ITA's training and certification programs which can now be accessed by UQ students, staff and alumni, covering doping control, blood collection, chaperoning, clean sport education, and safeguarding, and the doors this training can open particularly in the runup to Brisbane 2032. He will also talk about his work leading pharmacy services at the Olympic Games, with numerous events since Sydney 2000, including London 2012, Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024, and Milano Cortina 2026. The session is open to students and faculty from across UQ, particularly anyone with an interest in sport, health, or careers and opportunities in the anti-doping field in international sport.
Dr Mark Stuart is Head of the ITA Academy at the International Testing Agency in Lausanne, Switzerland, leading the global centre for excellence in anti-doping workforce training, professional certification, anti-doping events, and applied research that strengthen the integrity and effectiveness of anti-doping operations worldwide. A registered Australian and UK pharmacist with a PhD in sports pharmacology from UCL, Mark also serves as pharmacist to the International Olympic Committee, Health, Medicine & Science Commission Medical Expert Group and is a current member of the World Anti-Doping Agency Prohibited List Expert Group and the European Olympic Committees Medical and Anti-Doping Commission. He is author of the Olympic and Paralympic Model Formulary. Mark led the Pharmacy Services at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and has held pharmacy and anti-doping roles at numerous major multi-sport events since Sydney 2000, including Summer and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and European Games.