Professor Chalmers has made sustained, independent and constructive contributions, nationally and internationally to promote education, research and professional interactions in health and medical research ethics through my publications, reports and appointments. He has made valuable public contributions by submissions to enquiries and committee work, principally for the NHMRC, particularly as a past Chair of AHEC. He also makes international contributions, by joint submissions to UNESCO Declarations and OECD guidelines and work in the International Cancer Genome Consortium and, most recently the Global Alliance for Genomic Health.