The University of the West Indies, Mona will host an Anti-doping in Sports Workshop on Saturday, November 26, 2011 starting at 8:30 am the Main Lecture Theatre at the Faculty of Law, UWI, Mona. The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Hon. Olivia Babsy Grange will speak on this occasion.
 
The Workshop will address a range of topics such as Doping Regulations, UWI testing programme, the Arbitration process in Jamaican, Sport Medicine, Nutrition and Performance and Mental Wellness and Sports. The presentations will be made by both local and international experts including UWI academics and researchers, Dr. Akshai Mansingh and Mrs. Rosalee Chingara and other experts like Dr. Joy Callender, Nutritional Specialist, Dr. Paul Wright, Jamaica Anti-doping Commission. The International experts include:  Dr. Caroline Hatton, Anti-Doping Consultant alongside Thomas Capdevielle, Legal & Cases Manager-IAAF. 
 
The event is designed to create greater understanding of the need for the 2012 review of WADA global anti-doping code and generate awareness about the rationale for scientific data and research in anti-doping control. Additionally it seeks to sensitize key players to the impact of nutrition on performance and injury management.
 
The Workshop is open to the public. Members of the sporting fraternity, junior athletes and parents are especially invited. The cost for attending is $3,000. For registration details interested persons may telephone 927-4736.