Yoko Dozono

Yoko’s unique background is in sports pharmacy, epidemiology and doping as a public health issue. She has over 15-years of combined experience in clinical hospital pharmacy, international sports, and sport research. Her involvement includes international medical symposia, medical consensus statement workshops and clinical expert working groups. Yoko currently works with World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in Science and Medicine. Here, she globally monitors, conducts and facilitate guidance in the process of expert medical reviews and appeals of therapeutic use exemption (TUE) of substances banned in sport by elite level athletes. She is a former international level athlete in the sport of karate representing Canada. Yoko's ambition and drive is to inspire the next generation - in both health and sport.

BIOMETRIC DATA OWNERSHIP IN ELITE ATHLETES

June 30, 2020August 30, 2020 Yoko Dozono

The power of biometric data Biometric technology has not only become mainstream in society, but has also been adopted by professional sports leagues. It is used to monitor and track players’ biodata, both physical and physiological. Many professional teams, such as the National Football League (NFL) have all implemented some kind of biometric tracking technology for their players. Elite athletes/teams and their coaches are using this technology as well. The benefits…

Retroactive TUEs: because life happens

September 14, 2020August 25, 2020 Yoko Dozono

Usually, you request a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) before you take a medication. If that is not possible, you need to know what retroactive TUEs are.