Professor John Brewer is a renowned sports scientist and practitioner who has worked with many sports organizations and teams. In 1990 he travelled with the England Football Team to the World Cup as Head of Sports Science for the English Football Association. He spent 18 years as joint Director of the Lilleshall Sports Injury & Human Performance Centre, has been Director of Sports Science for GlaxoSmithKline and Professor of Sport at the University of Bedfordshire, before taking up his present role at St Mary's University, Twickenham (London), as Head of the School of Sport, Health and Applied Science. John is a Government appointed board member of UK Anti-Doping and has published numerous scientific papers as well as newspaper and magazine features, and acted as consultant editor on sports science books.