Professor Susan Sawyer AM MBBS MD FRACP FSAHM is Australia’s leading adolescent physician whose clinical, research, education, policy and advocacy efforts have been instrumental in establishing adolescent health in Australia, the Asia Pacific region, and globally. A paediatrician by training, Susan has held the chair of adolescent health at the University of Melbourne for the past two decades and has concurrently been director of the Centre for Adolescent Health at the Royal Children’s Hospital. She has held numerous senior leadership roles in Australia and internationally, most notably as president of the International Association for Adolescent Health.