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Professor Kim Wolff

Director King's Forensics

Research interests

  • Forensics

Biography

Professor Wolff is Director of King’s Forensics and head of the Drug Control Centre, which is the only WADA accredited laboratory for sports testing in the United Kingdom. Kim is based on the Waterloo campus of King’s College London. She is director of the London Athlete Passport Management Unit (APMU),

Professor Wolff’s main research interest is concerned with the detection of biomarkers of drugs in biological matrices. She has been funded by the UK Department for Transport to investigate biomarkers of alcohol misuse in drivers. Her work led to Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin (CDT) being used as the sole biomarker for relicensing High-Risk Drink-Drivers. In 2016 Professor Wolff received an MBE in the New Year’s Honours for her work as chair of an Expert Panel on drug driving leading to the introduction of the new UK drug-driving legislation. She continues to work as a technical expert for the Department for Transport and is currently working on a report about the detection of nitrous oxide in drivers.

As head of the Drug Control Centre Professor Wolff has overseen the delivery of the testing programme for a number of major events including the UEFA EUROs for both the men and women’s football competitions in 2021/2022, the Rugby League World Cup, 2021, the Commonwealth Games in 2022 and the most recently the Cycling World Championships (2023). The Drug Control Centre continues to lead the anti-doping field in research on the detection of biomarkers of growth hormone and has ongoing research in dried blood spots and the detection of exogenous anabolic steroids.

Professor Wolff has recently led on the writing of a primer for the British judiciary on ‘drug testing and toxicology’ and provides expert reports to the WHO Expert Committee for Drug Dependence (ECDD).

    Research

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    Drug Control Centre (Anti-Doping)

    The Drug Control Centre (DCC) continues to be at the forefront of advances in Anti-Doping science and protecting both the integrity of sport and the health of athletes.

    Nepal Desk Review picture
    InterSEC:Action

    The InterSEC:Action team review to understand the nature and scale of sexual exploitation in the aid industry and conduct a pilot study using genealogy

    Project status: Ongoing

    Digital-Forensics-hero
    Digital Forensics & Cybercrime

    The Digital Forensics & Cybercrime group seeks to support policy development and set national standards based on the latest technology.

    Anti-doping urine samples
    Anti-doping Science

    The Drug Control Centre (DCC) is the only World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited laboratory in the UK

    News

    Drug Control Centre prepares for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

    The Drug Control Centre (DCC), a part of King’s Forensics at King’s College London, is pleased to provide support to UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) for the Birmingham...

    kim wolff forensics

    A summer of success for King's Forensics

    King’s Forensics is an academic group within King’s College London that hosts a range of world-leading laboratories, including the Drug Control Centre: the...

    King's symposium thumbnail

    Milestone reached by UKAD in partnership with King's College London

    More than 100,000 samples have been collected by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), many of which were processed at the Drug Control Centre (DCC) at King’s Forensics.

    ukad-doping-athlete-exercise

    UKAD renews partnership with King's to test athlete samples for anti-doping purposes

    A new six-year contract has been signed between UKAD (UK Anti-Doping) and DCC (The Drug Control Centre), King’s Forensics at King’s, marking a new stage in a...

    Forensics UKAD

    Events

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    2nd IRMS Workshop 2023

    A WADA endorsed workshop intended to help IRMS analysts, troubleshooting, system suitability and presentation of routine data analysis in different and...

    Please note: this event has passed.

    31Marforensics natural disaster and climate change 780x450

    Crossovers between natural disasters and human response activities to disaster victim identification: the carbon footprint and challenges associated with climate change

    Explore the climate change and the carbon footprint related challenges in forensics, particularly with victim identification in natural disaster responses in...

    Please note: this event has passed.

    24MarKing's Forensics event 2

    Interdisciplinary workshop on emerging approaches for the discovery of illicit explosive manufacturers and criminal cells through wastewater analysis

    Interdisciplinary workshop on emerging approaches for the discovery of illicit explosive manufacturers and criminal cells through wastewater analysis

    Please note: this event has passed.

    Spotlight

    Leading the international effort against doping in sports

    The Drug Control Centre (DCC) is King’s flagship anti-doping institute, being the only WADA certified laboratory in the UK and analysing an average of 12,000...

    blood test anti-doping flipped

    How King's has made roads safer from drink- and drug-drivers in England and Wales

    King’s have been collaborating closely with governmental organisations, such as the Department for Transport, to update road safety policies and practice in...

    House of Commons 1920x1080

      Research

      scientist2 1800 x 500 banner
      Drug Control Centre (Anti-Doping)

      The Drug Control Centre (DCC) continues to be at the forefront of advances in Anti-Doping science and protecting both the integrity of sport and the health of athletes.

      Nepal Desk Review picture
      InterSEC:Action

      The InterSEC:Action team review to understand the nature and scale of sexual exploitation in the aid industry and conduct a pilot study using genealogy

      Project status: Ongoing

      Digital-Forensics-hero
      Digital Forensics & Cybercrime

      The Digital Forensics & Cybercrime group seeks to support policy development and set national standards based on the latest technology.

      Anti-doping urine samples
      Anti-doping Science

      The Drug Control Centre (DCC) is the only World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited laboratory in the UK

      News

      Drug Control Centre prepares for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

      The Drug Control Centre (DCC), a part of King’s Forensics at King’s College London, is pleased to provide support to UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) for the Birmingham...

      kim wolff forensics

      A summer of success for King's Forensics

      King’s Forensics is an academic group within King’s College London that hosts a range of world-leading laboratories, including the Drug Control Centre: the...

      King's symposium thumbnail

      Milestone reached by UKAD in partnership with King's College London

      More than 100,000 samples have been collected by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), many of which were processed at the Drug Control Centre (DCC) at King’s Forensics.

      ukad-doping-athlete-exercise

      UKAD renews partnership with King's to test athlete samples for anti-doping purposes

      A new six-year contract has been signed between UKAD (UK Anti-Doping) and DCC (The Drug Control Centre), King’s Forensics at King’s, marking a new stage in a...

      Forensics UKAD

      Events

      22Seplc-mass spec pic2 1903x558

      2nd IRMS Workshop 2023

      A WADA endorsed workshop intended to help IRMS analysts, troubleshooting, system suitability and presentation of routine data analysis in different and...

      Please note: this event has passed.

      31Marforensics natural disaster and climate change 780x450

      Crossovers between natural disasters and human response activities to disaster victim identification: the carbon footprint and challenges associated with climate change

      Explore the climate change and the carbon footprint related challenges in forensics, particularly with victim identification in natural disaster responses in...

      Please note: this event has passed.

      24MarKing's Forensics event 2

      Interdisciplinary workshop on emerging approaches for the discovery of illicit explosive manufacturers and criminal cells through wastewater analysis

      Interdisciplinary workshop on emerging approaches for the discovery of illicit explosive manufacturers and criminal cells through wastewater analysis

      Please note: this event has passed.

      Spotlight

      Leading the international effort against doping in sports

      The Drug Control Centre (DCC) is King’s flagship anti-doping institute, being the only WADA certified laboratory in the UK and analysing an average of 12,000...

      blood test anti-doping flipped

      How King's has made roads safer from drink- and drug-drivers in England and Wales

      King’s have been collaborating closely with governmental organisations, such as the Department for Transport, to update road safety policies and practice in...

      House of Commons 1920x1080