MEDIA ADVISORY:
OLYMPIC ATHLETES AND DRUGS
INDIANAPOLIS-- One of the two drug analysis laboratories sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee and the U.S. Olympic Committee is located at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Established in 1984, theIndiana University Drug Analysis Laboratory For Athletic Drug Testing and Toxicology has tested countless samples from amateur athletes for pre-Olympic and Olympic events.
Larry D. Bowers, Ph.D., professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and director of the IU Drug Analysis Laboratory, is available for interviews related to background information and explanation of drug testing results and testing policy during the 1998 Winter Olympics. Dr. Bowers was deputy director of the testing laboratory at the Atlanta Olympics.
To reach Dr. Bowers, please contact the IU School of Medicine Public and Media Relations at 317-274-7722 or e-mail mhardin@iupui.edu.
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Office of Public & Media Relations
(AC) 317-274-7722
mhardin@iupui.edu
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