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CLARE Pharmacist Dr Audrey Kina- han has been appointed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as one of their worldwide experts. She will act as one of eleven worldwide Scientific experts on WADA’s Pro- hibited List Working Group.
Audrey who, with her husband Brendan Rochford, owns Rochfords Pharmacy in Ennis and Corofin is a recognised expert in the use of medi- cines in sport and has provided ad- vice to athletes and teams for many
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In 2001 Audrey and Brendan set up the award winning website www. eirpharm.com as part of the Ennis Information Age Town Project. As part of this medicines information site, they developed a unique da- tabase where in 2007, over 11,000 Irish athletes, including all senior inter county GAA players, who are subject to drug testing and their doc- tors, can check if their medicine 1s prohibited or permitted in sport. It is
the only such service endorsed by the Irish Sports Council and is available free of charge.
Last year the website had over 300,000 user visits with the online sports database supplying informa- tion to 13,000 unique users. The website forms a key part of the Irish
Sports Council’s education pro- eramme, informing athletes on how best to avail of vital medicines with- out falling foul of strict anti-doping regulations.
The couple also supply sports clas- sifications on medicines to Irish doc- tors through a monthly medical pub- lication on behalf of the Irish Sports Council.
“The Irish Sports Council is de- lighted with WADA’s recognition of the outstanding contribution made by Dr. Audrey Kinahan and Eirpharm” said Dr Una May of the Irish Sports Councils Antidoping Unit.
As part of the appointment, Audrey will be required to attend scientific meetings in WADA’s headquarters in Montreal and in Lausanne, Swit- zerland.
Audrey is a member of the Clare County Enterprise Board, the Clare County Development Board and of the Ennis branch of Soroptimists In- ternational.