In 1982 Dr. Walker set up a local sports injury clinic in a local sports centre. It ran from then until 2000 averaging 7 new patients a week. 

In 2000, he left general practice to become full-time sports physician, when his career included appointments at Edinburgh University, Heriot Watt University, private practice and Team Physician to Scotland’s under 19 rugby team. 

In 2003, Brian obtained a full-time post with the Scottish Institute of Sport, with responsibility for 600 + high performance Scottish athletes in 30 different sports culminating in 2014 in Winter Olympic Medals and Scotland’s excellent performance in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Brian has also served on the Medical Commission of the Commonwealth Games Federation in the Delhi and Glasgow Games.

Dr. Bhide is a research mentor for projects in nutrition. She offers nutrition counselling to athletes and non-athletes and conducts sports and exercise nutrition workshops for athletes, parents, coaches, fitness trainers and sports medicine specialists. 

She set up the Sports Nutrition department of the Army Sports Institute, Pune and was involved in the ‘Mission Olympics’ initiative for the Indian Army. In a span of 6 years she worked with athletes in various sports, including: boxing, weightlifting, wrestling, distance running, rowing and archery. 

Dr. Bhide has worked on body composition of Indian athletes, nutritional knowledge attitude and practices of Indian athletes, and the effect of antioxidant supplementation on performance of athletes. Her research on Indian athletes is published and presented at national and international conferences. She won the Young Scientist NSI award and JN Bose Memorial award in 2004. 

Her research interests include the effect of regular physical activity on the scholastic performance of Indian school children, exercise and incidence of polycystic ovarian disease and body composition of Indian athletes.  

After gaining a BSc in Sport and Exercise Science from Loughborough University (2004-2007), Dr. Zakrzewski-Fruer completed an MSc by Research at the University of Gloucestershire (2007-2008) and a PhD on exercise metabolism in young people (children and adolescents) at Loughborough University (2008-2011). 

Julia then worked as a Research Officer at the University of Bath, where she managed the UK site for the International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE). Subsequently, Julia was appointed as a Lecturer in Health, Nutrition and Exercise at the University of Bedfordshire. 

Her current research aims to determine the link between breakfast consumption, energy balance and metabolic health in young people. A secondary area of interest is the interaction between exercise, environmental temperature and appetite regulation. Within her current role, Julia also continues to collaborate on publications from ISCOLE, specifically on associations between breakfast consumption, physical activity and obesity in children from 12 countries.