Susan Backhouse BSc, PhD, CPsychol, AFBPsS, HCPC, FBASES, SFHEA

Susan Backhouse is Professor of Psychology and Behavioural Nutrition and Head of the Centre for Sports Performance in the Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure. Susan is renowned for her research on the social psychology of doping in sport.

Susan completed her first degree in Physical Education and Sports Science at Loughborough University, for which she was awarded the Department prize for outstanding achievement. Following this, Susan completed her PhD with Professor Clyde Williams and Professor Stuart Biddle at Loughborough University. Susan was appointed as a Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Leeds Beckett University in 2003 and she became a Professor of Psychology and Behavioural Nutrition in 2014.

Susan is a Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist with the British Psychological Society and a Registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Authority, Fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society.