Harrison Pope Related Content

Podcast: Let’s Talk About Steroids

Trevor talks to Harrison G. Pope, MD, MPH , director of McLean’s Biological Psychiatry Laboratory. Dr. Pope talks about men’s misuse of anabolic steroids—drugs which have been used by millions to gain muscle or lose body fat—with potential long-term dangers. Dr. Pope is arguably the leading...

Doping in Sports: Official Tests Fail to Pick up Majority of Cases

A new scientific study has found that doping is far more common in professional sport than the rates suggested by blood and urine tests of the athletes. The study found that at least 30% of athletes in the 2011 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships and 45% of...

Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids Pose a Critical Health Issue

More research is needed to address the critical health problems associated with the use of anabolic-androgenic steroids among American men, according to Harrison G. Pope, MD, MPH , writing in a new opinion paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Pope is the...

Pope-Hintz Fellowship Fosters Next Generation of Clinician-Researchers

McLean National Council members Edward and Helen Hintz want to ensure training opportunities for dually skilled clinician-researchers for generations to come. They established the Pope-Hintz Endowed Fellowship in honor of Harrison “Skip” Pope Jr., MD, MPH , to do just that. For 25 years, Dr. Pope...