Professor Michael Horowitz was appointed to a Personal Chair at the University of Adelaide in 1995, and has been the Director of the Endocrine and Metabolic Unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital since 1997. His research activities are almost exclusively clinically based, relate primarily to gastrointestinal motor sensory and hormonal function, particularly in the context of diabetes mellitus/glycaemic control, critical illness, aging and appetite regulation and have resulted in 562 papers. He led the NHMRC CCRE in Nutritional Physiology (2007-12) and leads the subsequent NHMRC CRE in Translating Nutritional Science to Good Health (2012-17).