Professor Desmond Yip is a Senior Staff Specialist at the Department of Medical Oncology at The Canberra Hospital, Professor at the ANU Medical School and Adjunct Professor at the University of Canberra. He is a clinical academic with his main clinical and research interests in the areas of gastrointestinal oncology and developmental therapeutics. His interest in Global Oncology started from conducting a scoping visit of cancer services at the National Referral Hospital in Honiara, Solomon Islands to leading a series of DFAT Pacific Islands Program missions to help establish the first Oncology Unit there. He is also involved in assisting in staff training at the Port Moresby Hospital Cancer Centre in Papua New Guinea.