Prof Susan Prescott is founding President of the Developmental Origins and Health and Disease (‘DOHaD’) Society of ANZ, dedicated to providing strong evidence, education and advocacy around the importance of ‘healthy start to life’. She is internationally recognised for her research in allergy and early immune development, and works at the highest international level of this field. She is the founding Chair and leader of the International Inflammation Network ‘in–‐‑LAME’ focused on promoting early immune health in reducing the risk of many chronic inflammatory diseases in the modern world. As well as over 230 scientific publications she has published several books for the general public promoting general awareness of these concepts.