Sue is a Fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (FBASES), Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS) and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Authority.

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Member of the World Anti-Doping Agency Social Science Research Panel

Co-founder of the Clean Sport Alliance

Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology.

Registered with the Health Professions Council (HCPS) as a Practitioner Sport and Exercise Psychologist.

Understanding and building clean(er) sport together: Community-based participatory research with elite athletes and anti-doping organisations from five European countries

An intervention to optimise coach-created motivational climates and reduce athlete willingness to dope (CoachMADE): a three-country cluster randomised controlled trial

‘Clean athlete status’ cannot be certified: Calling for caution, evidence and transparency in ‘alternative’ anti-doping systems

A systematic review of research into coach perspectives and behaviours regarding doping and anti-doping

Athlete perspectives on the enablers and barriers to nutritional adherence in high-performance sport

Tackling doping in sport: a call to take action on the dopogenic environment

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Professor Sue Backhouse is Professor of Sport Psychology and Behavioural Nutrition, and Director of Research in the Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University. 

Sue is an internationally recognised expert on anti-doping and her research focuses on developing a better understanding of the complexity of doping and clean sport behaviours in order to develop effective anti-doping policy and practice. Recent projects include a World Anti-Doping Agency funded project on reporting doping in sport and a European Commission funded project to establish the Clean Sport Alliance (www.cleansportalliance.org). 

Sue is a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Social Science Expert Advisory Group, an Expert Member of the English Institute of Sport Technical Steering Panel, Co-founder of the Clean Sport Alliance and Convenor of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Science’s Clean Sport Interest Group. She has examined integrity and welfare issues across a range of sports and worked with the World Anti-Doping Agency, International Olympic Committee, Institute of National Anti-Doping Organisations, the Rugby Football Union and Sport Ireland. Sue established the Protecting Sporting Integrity and Welfare (PROSPER) research team at Leeds Beckett University (https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/research/centre-for-human-performance/sporting-integrity-and-welfare/).

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Global sports anti-doping conference being led by Leeds Beckett University

Yorkshire at the forefront in beating doping in sport

Negative backlash for reporting doping the biggest barrier for potential whistleblowers, study finds

Survey shows many potential doping whistleblowers unsure where to turn

Whistleblowing: athletes shouldn’t have to choose between their careers and the truth

Whistleblowers reluctant to betray friends, says report

Professor of Sport Psychology and Behavioural Nutrition

Are dopers born or made? Join Professor Susan Backhouse to explore the psychology of doping in sport and the complex social and environmental factors that might lead an athlete to cheat. 

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Lightning lectures: Uncovering the complexity of doping in sport

Join anti-doping experts discussing how drug programs need to evolve to truly keep Olympic and professional sport free from cheaters. 

Panel includes: 
Olympian Kara Goucher (Long Distance Running)
VP of Drug, Health, & Safety Programs Jon Coyles (MLB)
Social Scientist Dr. Susan Backhouse (Leeds Beckett University)
WADA Lab Director Dr. Peter Van Eenoo (DoCoLab Ghent)
Former Head of Anti-Doping Schweiz Dr. Matthias Kamber

Moderated by Ethicist and Maisi Program Director Dr. Mike McNamee (Swansea University)

The Future of Anti-Doping

This video details the lived experiences of three individuals who blew the whistle on doping.

Blowing the whistle on doping in sport

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