Associate Professor Rosemary Knight is the Principal Adviser in the Population Health Division within the Department of Health and Ageing. Her role is to provide advice on cancer and chronic diseases and recently she has had responsibility for driving the COAG Improving Cancer Care initiative announced in April 2010. Associate Professor Knight was previously the Head of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. Associate Professor Rosemary Knight has had over two decades of experience working in health research, policy and program implementation, including primary care, information management, healthcare financing, quality use of medicines, cancer, diabetes, asthma, cardiovascular disease, mental health and populations at risk. Her special interest is in chronic diseases and the National Priority Health Areas, especially cancer. She also has a particular focus on indigenous health, data, policy and health services research, as well as translating evidence into practice.