Dr. Chintoh is a Clinician Primary Researcher University of Calgary and her clinical work is focused on improving outcomes for patients with treatment resistant schizophrenia. 

As a former Canadian International, Dr. Chintoh consults with international sporting federations and investigates welfare in elite and youth athletes.

Dr Austin Jeans is a Sports Medicine Physician practicing in Harare, Zimbabwe. Following an initial career as a military medical officer he graduated from the University of Cape Town’s postgraduate degree program in Sports & Exercise Medicine in 1991. 

His scope of sports medicine practice is broad across many sports but his main focus is on the care of rugby players at all levels and endurance athletes. 

He is the co-owner and Medical Director of Innovate Gym & High Performance Training Centre in Harare. He is the author of a book on nutrition called The Low Carb Companion.

Des Ryan is one of the leading youth coaches and performance managers within the sporting industry. He has previously served as Head of S&C at Connacht Rugby, S&C to Ireland and as Fitness Education Manager within the IRFU, where he spent over 13 years developing the IRFU’s coach and player development system, and Director of Sports Medicine & Athletic Development (Academy) at Arsenal Football Club for 9 years. Des’s role with Setanta College is as Director of Coaching & Athletic Development.

James Robson joined the Scotland team as doctor at the start of season 2002/2003 following his previous position as physiotherapist from 1991-96.  He was doctor for Scotland A from 1998 – 2002 and the doctor/physio for Scotland 7s from 1996 – 2001.  

He was also team doctor on six British & Irish Lions tours (New Zealand 1993 and 2005, South Africa 1997 and 2009 and Australia 2001 and 2013). In addition, he has been to 8 Rugby World Cups.  

In March 2021, James marked his 250^th appearance as team doctor at an international match when Scotland played Italy at BT Murrayfield.

Robson, based in Dundee where he lives with wife Christine, also a GP, and their two daughters, is Scottish Rugby’s National team doctor; and was Chief Medical Officer for 18 years until stepping down from that post at the end of 2023. He received an MBE for services to rugby in the 2018 New Year Honours list. Eight years previously he was awarded a Fellowship ad hominem from The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Andy Smith is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Sport & Exercise Medicine and Pre Hospital Immediate Care.

He is also an Emergency Medicine Consultant at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, and a Yorkshire Ambulance Service BASICS Doctor. He was the Clinical and Immediate Care Lead for the Twickenham Match Day FOP.

He holds the fellowship at the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Immediate Care Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Faculty of Sports & Exercise Medicine UK & Ireland and Health Education Authority. 

In addition, Andy is Honorary Secretary, Executive Committee and Editorial Chair of the Diploma in Major Incident Management for the Faculty of Pre Hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. 

Currently, Andy is England Rugby Pre-Hospital Immediate Care in Sport Programme Director and World Rugby Medical Compliance Manager and Medical Master Trainer.

Mutsuo Yamada is Dean and Professor at the Ryutsu Keizai University in Ibaraki, Japan, leading sessions on sports medicine, athletic rehabilitation, anatomy, sports injury prevention, and first aid.

He is Chief Medical Officer of Asia Rugby, Medical Advisory Group Medical Doctor and Immediate Care Lead for the Rugby World Cup Japan in 2019 and Athlete Medical Supervisor for the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2020.

As course director for World Rugby Immediate Care in Rugby (ICIR) and England Rugby Pre-hospital Immediate Care in Sport (PHICIS) in Japan, Mutsuo has been involved in running courses throughout Asia and many other countries including in the UK and was instrumental in training over 300 medical personnel for the Japan RWC 2019 and Japan Olympics 2020, resulting in Japan becoming one of the leading international centres for immediate care programmes.

Continuing his passion, he has since established PHICIS JAPAN, a non-profit organisation that teaches England Rugby PHICIS to help improve athletes' safety across multiple sports.

Professor Mutsuo has published more than 100 journal articles, and his main research topics include sports injury prevention, concussion management and rehabilitation, and Para-sports injury management and rehabilitation. He has given many talks and presentations at conferences and workshops around the world.

Stephen is a Professor in Sport Psychology in the Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales, UK. Stephen’s primary research expertise lies in the area of athlete welfare, including stress, coping and performance, and the organisational environment of elite sport. 

He also has expertise in mental health and wellbeing in wider occupational environments and the role that psychological skills and resilience can play in facilitating health and performance. 

Stephen is a registered Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council and has over 25 years consultancy experience with a range of organisations, teams and individual clients in high performance sport, including professional rugby union.

Professor Yousef is the clinical lead for heart failure and cardiomyopathies at the University Hospital of Wales. 

He is a member of the Football Association Cardiac Consensus group and has a keen interest in the athletic adaptation of the heart. He provides sports cardiology services to the Welsh national football and rugby teams and several other sporting disciplines. 

Sadly, sporting activities these days are restricted to spectatorship and his role as the honorary cardiologist to Cardiff City football club.

Hope Kent is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Exeter. She studies neurodisability, with a particular focus on brain injury across a range of contexts including sports, mental health, and the criminal justice system. 

In her current projects, she is using linked Ministry of Justice and Department of Education data to understand pathways into the justice system through education and social care outcomes. She is interested in social models of disability, and in exploring how we can make systems accessible and appropriate for children with neurodisability. 

Hope is the UK policy and research lead for PINK Concussions – a charity who explore differential outcomes after brain injury for women and girls. She is also a research associate for the TRYJustice Network, and the UKABIF Acquired Brain Injury Justice Network.