John Lynch is an internationally recognized scholar in epidemiology and public health. He has received numerous awards including a Canada Research Chair in Population Health (2005), an honorary Doctorate in Medical Science from University of Copenhagen (2007), and a NHMRC Australia Fellowship (2009). He has more than 250 publications, a Researcher ID H-index of 57, and in 2014 he received Thomson Reuters’ “Highly Cited Researcher” status that places him in the top 1% of cited scientists in his field. He has made major innovative contributions to the field of health inequalities, child health and development that are widely internationally recognised.