Professor Sharon Goldfeld holds a unique position within Australian child health research: with 10 years government experience, she is an expert in policy, a paediatrician, and a public health clinician-scientist. Over her career she has successfully translated her research into service delivery and policy, including the national implementation of the Australian Early Development Census which has unlocked our understanding of the distribution of early childhood development across the country.  Professor Goldfeld has generated national evidence on equitable service delivery (in health and education), generated new approaches to precision policy and developed data to drive systems change especially focused on children living in adversity. She leads an innovative program focused on investigating, testing and translating sustainable policy-relevant solutions that can eliminate inequities for Australia’s children.