Dr McLinton is the Director of UniSA HIGHER, the Healthy Inclusive Gaming, Hobby and Esports Research group. He also works as a Research Associate at the Centre for Workplace Excellence (CWeX) managing a large ARC project looking at psychosocial factors for healthcare staff. Dr McLinton coordinates the Justice & Society Research Ethics Advisory team, is a full member of UniSA HREC and provides education and training on research ethics to staff and students. His fields of expertise include Esports, the psychology of professional video game players, Psychosocial Safety Climate (PSC), frontline healthcare workers, cross-cultural psychology in factors such as workplace bullying, as well as other sports-based research (both performance more broadly, through to specific domains such as martial arts and eSports). Dr McLinton also works as a Lecturer and teaches a variety of research-based skills to undergraduate and postgraduate students, including Advanced Research Methods, Communicating Research and Psychology Research Methods in honours, as well as guest lecturing in the Psychology 1A and Applied Psychology courses. He has been involved in international exchange for data collection to further his research skills in Japan, holds a 5th-degree black belt and runs the Campbelltown Traditional Japanese Karate club at the ARC, the South Australian head dojo of an international network.