S. GitahiKEMRI partners with Premier League Anti-Doping Laboratory
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The Institute is also in the process of signing another MOU with UK’s University of Stirling, one of the top five global sports science and research institutions
The Kenya Medical Research Institute - KEMRI- on Friday 13 October signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with London’s King University College in a partnership set to establish an antidoping lab at KEMRI Centre in Eldoret.
Kings University College is the only accredited antidoping laboratory in the United Kingdom and couples up as the testing center for all English Premier League footballers.
DG Prof. Elijah Songok has held a consultative meeting with @StirUni Sports Science team led by Prof Paul Dimeo to discuss potential areas of collaborative interest in sports research following the recent launch of KEMRI Eldoret@ismh_uos @fredkirui @IsaUNY
— Kenya Medical Research Institute (@KEMRI_Kenya) October 4, 2023
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According to KEMRI’s Acting Director General Prof. George Songkok - who appended his signature on behalf of KEMRI in the signing ceremony at Kings University - the partnership will bring on board the requisite expertise for the Institute to carry out effective Sports Research.
In addition, the move, as per Head of Kings Forensic Centre Prof. Kim Wolff, will provide an opportunity for KEMRI to acquire the first accredited anti-doping laboratory in East Africa, through consultation with WADA - the World Anti Doping Agency.
“We are happy to partner with Kings College - a university that has vast experience, expertise and reputation in anti doping research and testing,” Songkok said in a press release. “We believe this is the right step in ensuring KEMRI serves as a hub for athlete sample testing but also as a homegrown platform for other research and aims to eliminate the need to send samples out of Kenya.”
H.E. @WilliamsRuto has pledged to increase funding towards Institutions such as KEMRI that are involved in local innovation, clinical trials, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products to make the country less reliant on imported commodities.
— Kenya Medical Research Institute (@KEMRI_Kenya) October 13, 2023
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Among the activities to be done by KEMRI and Kings College will include: partnership in laboratory equipment with approved instrumentations, design of WADA approved protocols, training of KEMRI staff at Kings Forensics, and partnership in research and testing activities of anti-doping, forensics and drugs of abuse.
KEMRI is also in the process of signing another MOU with UK’s University of Stirling, one of the top five global sports science and research institutions.
Some of the areas of collaboration will range from healthy aging to athlete performance, including physiology, nutrition, coaching, gender, genetics and anti-doping.
The KEMRI Eldoret Centre - launched in August 2023 - is now poised to revolve into a fully-fledged facility dedicated to comprehensively addressing the well-being of athletes, and will also serve as the Rift Valley regional station for research activities of the Institute.
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