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Mauro Di Pasquale

Mauro G. Di Pasquale, B.Sc., MD, MRO, MFS is a world champion powerlifter, bodybuilding author and columnist. Di Pasquale was an assistant professor at the University of Toronto from 1988 to 1998. He lectured and researched on athletic performance, nutritional supplements and drug use in sports. He holds an honors degree in biological science, majoring in molecular biochemistry (1968), and a medical degree (1971) - both from the University of Toronto. Di Pasquale is certified as a Medical Review Officer (MRO) by the Medical Review Officer Certification Council (MROCC). He was the MRO for the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). From 1997 to 1999 Di Pasquale was involved in writing, research and product development for Experimental and Applied Sciences (EAS).As a bodybuilding author, Di Pasquale has written thousands of articles for many large bodybuilding and fitness magazines such as Muscle & Fitness and Iron Man. He has also written several books on bodybuilding related topics such as bodybuilding nutrition and performance enhancing drugs. Impressed by the way Di Pasquale would monitor steroid use in the bodybuilding industry, World Wrestling Federation (WWF) owner Vince McMahon hired him in June of 1992 to monitor the company's new drug testing program; at this time, McMahon was facing criminal charges for allegedly supplying steroids to some of his wrestlers in a manner that violated federal law and was hoping to regain public confidence. While working with the WWF, Di Pasquale took a hardline approach and ensured that anyone who failed a drug test would leave the company; such an example showed when WWF wrestler The Ultimate Warrior failed a drug test in September of 1992. His firm policy towards steroid use earned him the nickname "Mr. Steroid Hunter."