Shaun Jackson is a clinician-scientist who has been an NHMRC Research Fellow for the last25 years (currently an NHMRC Investigator Grant recipient – Level 3). He established anindependent research laboratory at Monash University in 1998. In 2004, he co-founded theAustralian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD) at the Alfred Hospital. In 2010, he wasawarded an NHMRC Australia Fellowship (awarded to the top 40 medical researchers in thecountry). Shaun has held an adjunct Professorial appointment at The Scripps ResearchInstitute, California, USA (from 2010). In 2013, he was appointed the Inaugural Director ofCardiovascular Research, the Heart Research Institute (HRI) & Charles Perkins Centre(CPC), The University of Sydney. In 2019, Shaun received an honorary appointment at Dept,Haematology, Cambridge University.