Toby Newton-John is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology and Director of Research and Innovation in the Graduate School of Health at the University of Technology Sydney. He undertook clinical training in psychology at the University of Sydney before moving to the UK to complete a PhD in pain psychology at the University of London. He has over 45 peer reviewed publications, articles and book chapters on psychological aspects of pain. He continues to practice as a clinical psychologist on a part time basis in a multidisciplinary pain clinic.