Frank Oberklaid is the Foundation Director of the Centre for Community Child Health at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Associate Director (Public Health) of the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and a Professor within the University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics. He is an internationally renowned researcher having authored 3 books, numerous book chapters and over one hundred and fifty scientific papers on various aspects of paediatrics. He is editor and chief of the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, and on the editorial boards of several international journals. He has received numerous research grants from NH&MRC and other agencies and has been invited to lecture and consult in many countries.