Antonio Belli is a Professor of Trauma Neurosurgery at the University of Birmingham and a practising neurosurgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham UK. He carries out clinical and laboratory research in neurotrauma, including diagnostics and therapeutics, and has been the chief investigator of several national and international clinical studies. He is a National Institute for Health and Social Care Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator, former Director of the NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, and current Director of NIHR Health Protection Research Unit for Emergency Preparedness and Response. Prof Belli has a specialist interest in sport concussion and is a guidance author and advisor to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, and England’s Premier League, Rugby Football Union, Football Association and Cricket Board.