A huge congratulations to Nick Webborn for being promoted to Clinical Professor (Sport and Exercise Medicine). Nick was also included in the POWER 100 list of Britain’s most influential people with a disability or impairment. Nick holds or held during 2015 the following committee positions: Chair of the Scientific Commission, International Federation of Sports Medicine 2014 – 2015; Therapeutic Use Exemption Committee – 1st European Games, Baku 2015; International Paralympic Committee Medical Committee; Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine – board member; UK Anti-Doping – Therapeutic Use Exemption Committee. Nick was on the organising committee and a session chair at the Genomics, Genetics and Exercise Biology Symposium, Santorini, Greece from 14-17th May 2015. Nick was also part of the International Olympic Committee Olympic Games preparation 2020 workshop – Olympic Games Knowledge Management (OGKM) Medicine and Anti-Doping – in June 16-17th held in Tokyo. Also, congratulations to Nick for being invited as a guest editor to the BJSM.