Professor Stick is Head, Department of Respiratory Medicine at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Research Strategy Leader at the Telethon Kids Institute and Clinical Professor, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, UWA. He has been a NHMRC Practitioner Fellow since 2000 and is acknowledged as a leader in early childhood lung diseases. His research interests span from cell and molecular biology to health service delivery with emphasis on translation of knowledge to improve health outcomes in children. He has supervised 12 successful PhD candidates and trained over 30 paediatric respiratory specialists, many of whom hold leadership positions around the world.