| Christiane Ayotte | |
| Birth Place: | Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Fields: | Organic chemistry |
| Workplaces: | Institut national de la recherche scientifique |
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| Known For: | Doping control |
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Christiane Ayotte, O.C., is a Canadian scientist and academic from Quebec. She is currently the director of the Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie Research Centre was formerly the President of the World Association of Anti-Doping Scientists from 20162018.[1]
Ayotte 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.[2]
Ayotte 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.[6]
In the 2017 documentary film Icarus, Ayotte can be seen berating whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov after he came forward with allegations and details about the Russian doping program.