Prof Rod McClure is Professor of Public Health Medicine, and Dean, School of Medicine at Western Sydney University. Since being awarded his PhD in Epidemiology and Population Health in 1995, he has had a comprehensive international career including clinical, administrative, education and research contributions across the public, private and government sectors. Rod is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine. He is the current Board Chair of the nib foundation, and is a Council Member of the Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine. Rod brings extensive experience in research grant management through his leadership of research centres/institutes and having served on national competitive grant review panels in Australia and the United States, and driving successful outcomes as a primary investigator on grant applications totalling more than $60 million.