Speakers

Fredrik Lauritzen

PhD, Science director

Anti-Doping Norway

Fredrik Lauritzen is an exercise physiologist with a PhD in Neuroscience. He has been working in anti-doping since 2014, first serving as the director of prevention and public health at Anti-Doping Norway before moving on to a scientific role from 2020.

Fredrik has been involved in many international projects related to policy development, cooperation and research, and has published scientific anti-doping articles within areas such as doping in recreational sport and fitness, prevalence, dietary supplements, contamination, prevention programs, effectiveness of testing, and the use of intelligence in anti-doping.

He has recently completed his work as Chair of the Council of Europe Ad hoc group of Experts on Anti-doping in recreational sport and fitness, and currently serve as Chair of the Council of Europe Monitoring Group – Advisory Group on Science and as a member of the WADA Taskforce on unintentional doping.  

Johanna Gripenberg

PhD, Associate professor

Karolinska Institutet and Director at STAD

Johanna Gripenberg has been working in the public health research field for over twenty years. Her research focus is development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative substance use and mental health community-based interventions in various settings. Multi-component interventions, community mobilization, and co-production of prevention programs are some of her special interests.

Tobias Elgan

PhD, Associate professor

STAD unit, Karolinska Institutet

Tobias Elgan‘s research focuses on prevention science, particularly the development, implementation, and evaluation of multicomponent interventions targeting substance use in community settings. Much of his work examines prevention strategies in nightlife and recreational environments well as digital interventions aimed at supporting young people growing up in families affected by substance use.

Kristoffer Lie Loftheim

Advisor

Anti‑Doping Norway

Kristoffer Lie Loftheim is Manager of the Clean Fitness Center (Rent Senter) programme at Anti‑Doping Norway. He is a trained physiotherapist with expertise in preventive anti‑doping work within fitness and gym environments. In his current role, he is responsible for the strategic development, national implementation, and quality assurance of the programme, in close collaboration with fitness centres, industry stakeholders, and public authorities.

Kristoffer is a frequent lecturer on doping prevention, health risks, and operational responses in gym settings. He is also the creator of the Anti‑Doping Officer (ADO) certification course for fitness centres, designed to strengthen competence among key personnel and support consistent, practice‑oriented routines for prevention, detection, and management of doping use in fitness settings. His work focuses on translating policy and public‑health principles into sustainable, real‑world practice.

Mikko Lemettilä

Expert (Anti-doping in Recreational Sports), Doctoral Researcher

A-Clinic Foundation

Mikko Lemettilä is a doping prevention expert at A-Clinic Foundation and coordinates the Clean Exercise Commitment -program in Finland. His work focuses on anti-doping activities in recreational sports settings, as well as youth education, together with the Clean Exercise Ambassadors. Mikko has also been involved in international EU substance use prevention projects (IRIS, BOOST, Mindful Muscles) and has delivered numerous trainings for healthcare and sports professionals. Mikko works to strengthen evidence-based prevention approaches for harmful substance use behaviors in sports.

Kasper Skat Lundgaard Krøll

Prevention consultant and fitness team leader

Kasper Skat Lundgaard Krøll has worked within the field of sports for 13 years, with a particular focus on children and young people and the environments surrounding them. He has been employed at Anti Doping Denmark since 2019 as a Prevention Manager, and for the past year as Team Leader of the fitness consultants.

Kasper is responsible for Anti Doping Denmark’s collaboration with fitness centres across Denmark. A team of 13 part-time fitness consultants carries out more than 2,000 preventive visits annually, and last year 280 new commercial fitness centres were recruited into the partnership. This brings the total to approximately 650 commercial fitness centres and around 1,000 fitness associations that are now part of Anti Doping Denmark’s fitness programme.

The focus of Kasper’s work is on young people, including motivating municipalities to take greater responsibility for creating healthy training environments, as well as expanding and developing collaboration with the fitness industry.

Brian Parker

Director of Education

Taylor Hooton Foundation

Brian Parker serves as Director of Education for the Taylor Hooton Foundation – a nonprofit dedicated to preventing the use of Appearance and Performance Enhancing Substances through education, awareness, and advocacy. Founded in 2004 following the passing of Taylor Hooton, the organization has become a recognized voice in addressing the growing public health issue of substance use among youth.

At the core of its work are dynamic educational initiatives like their ALL ME® Assembly Programs which highlight the physical, psychological, and social risks associated with substance use, while promoting integrity and informed decision-making.

The Taylor Hooton Foundation has reached millions of students, athletes, and professionals, contributing to a broader global effort to reframe doping not only as a sport integrity issue, but as a critical public health concern. By prioritizing prevention through education, the Foundation works to empower the next generation to achieve success through safe and ethical means.

Eric Van Breda

Plv. Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Dopingautoriteit

Em. Prof Dr. Eric van Breda is Deputy Chief Operating Officer at the Dutch Anti-Doping Authority and Emeritus Professor of Health Sciences and Medical Physiology at the University of Antwerp. With a background in physiology and rehabilitation sciences, his work focuses on bridging science, policy, and practice within sport and public health.

He plays a key role in shaping anti-doping governance, education, and the implementation of international standards, with particular expertise in policy development. His recent work centers on innovative approaches to harm reduction and value-neutral information provision, especially for individuals using or considering performance-enhancing substances in recreational sport and fitness contexts.

Eric is committed to advancing realistic, science-informed strategies that improve health outcomes while acknowledging the complexities of modern sport environments.

Lambros Lazuras

Professor in Sport & Exercise Science

Director of Research

University of Lincoln

Professor Lambros Lazuras is a world-leading expert in anti-doping research and education, having served as a scientific advisor to the Anti-Doping Unit of the Council of Europe, the European Commission’s Public Health agency (DG SANTE), and National Anti-Doping Organisations. He has led and co-lead a large number of Erasmus+ Sport projects in anti-doping education, as well as related research projects funded by the World Anti-Doping Agency, the European Commission, the International Olympic Committee, and UK Anti-Doping. His research has directly contributed to policy recommendations for tackling doping in recreational sport.

Jukka Koskelo

Research and development director

A-Clinic Foundation

Jukka Koskelo is an anti-doping and health promotion expert: more than 14 years’ experience on anti-doping work in public health, sports medicine projects and project management. He has been leading and collaborating as a coordinator and partner in Erasmus+ projects including e.g. DELTS, IMPACT, Mindful Muscles and IRIS. He has also been an external evaluator of projects funded by UNESCO.

Paula Vauhkonen

MD, PhD, Forensic Pathologist, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) & Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Helsinki

Paula Vauhkonen has extensive experience working with doping substance abuse both as a clinician and researcher. Her research has focused on, among other topics, causes of death among users of anabolic steroids, polysubstance use, as well as the specific characteristics of doping use among women.

She completed her doctoral degree at the University of Helsinki in 2025 with the thesis “Studies on doping use recognition in clinical and forensic medicine.”

In addition, she serves as a medical expert for Dopinglinkki at the A-Clinic Foundation.

At this conference, she will present her latest research on findings from forensic autopsy studies.