Professor David Joske was Head of Haematology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital 1994 – 2012 and is now Medical Co-Director of the Medical Specialties Division there. His clinical and research interests include the treatment of lymphomas; palliative care in Haematology; and supportive care in cancer. He has held two NHMRC Grants, one examining models of palliative care in Haematology and the other his shared cancer care model. He launched the SolarisCare Foundation in September 2001, and is currently its Chairman and Chief Medical Officer. He is a UWA Clinical Professor of Medicine; has published over 65 peer-reviewed publications plus three book chapters and has presented a TED talk on “Re-humanizing Cancer Care”. He is the WA Cancer & Palliative Care Network Clinical Lead for Survivorship and Director of the Charles Day Leukaemia & Lymphoma Tissue Bank. He was awarded the John Curtin Medal in 2005 and has been a finalist four times for Western Australian of the Year. He is the Ernst & Young 2016 Western Region Social Entrepreneur of the Year. He is an award-winning songwriter and plays guitar in a blues band.