Christiane Ayotte
Christiane Ayotte, O.C., is a Canadian scientist and academic from Quebec.
She received a MSc and PhD in organic chemistry from the Université de Montréal. Ayotte then pursued two years of post-doctoral studies in mass spectrometry at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS). She next became a research associate at the Doping Control Laboratory of the INRS. Since 1991, she has been director of the Doping Control Laboratory, the only Canadian laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency, and has been a research associate professor at INRS since 1992. Since 1995, she has been a member of the doping commission of the International Association of Athletics Federations and, since 1996, a member of the Working Group on Harmonization of Laboratory protocols of the International Olympic Committee.[1][2]
She was named scientist of the year by Radio Canada in 1999.[3] In 2006, she received the Canadian Medical Association's Medal of Honour.[4] In 2018, she was named an officer in the Order of Canada.[5] She was also awarded a medal by the Quebec Ministry of International Relations and La Francophonie in 2018.[2]
In the movie Icarus (2017 film) Ayotte can be seen berating whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov after he came forward with allegations and details about the Russian doping program.
References
- "Christiane Ayotte". Institut national de la recherche scientifique.
- "Christiane Ayotte reçoit un prix reconnaissance du MRIF" (in French). University of Quebec. August 28, 2018.
- "Les scientifiques de l'année depuis 1987". Les Années lumière (in French). Radio Canada.
- "Christiane Ayotte to Receive the CMA Medal of Honour". Canadian Medical Association. August 11, 2006.
- "Order of Canada Appointments". Governor General of Canada. June 29, 2018.