Kelsey Erickson
DOPING RESEARCHER
Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom
doping, anti-doping, sports, cycling, education
Kelsey Erickson has recently completed her Ph.D. at Leeds Beckett University (UK). Her principal research interest is the use of performance enhancing substances (PES) within sport, while her Ph.D. focussed on exploring the interplay between risk and protective factors amongst cross-national (UK and US) university level track and field athletes with regards to performance enhancing methods in sport. Additionally, it explored the impact of doping amongst elite level track and field athletes. As such, her programme of research was partially funded by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF). Following the recent completion of her Ph.D., Kelsey will soon be returning to the US to commence a two-year postdoctoral research position funded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in cooperation with Leeds Beckett University. The project, an extension of her doctoral research, will involve designing, implementing and evaluating an intervention to promote Clean Sport within university student-athlete populations in the US, UK and Canada. Email Kelsey: k.erickson@leedsbeckett.ac.uk.