Diona Damian is Professor of Dermatology at The University of Sydney, Associate of Melanoma Institute Australia and Clinical Academic and Head of Department at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Proofessor Damian’s translational program of research over more than30 years has focussed on the role of skin immunity in the causation, prevention and treatment of skin cancer. Her findings in the fields of skin cancer chemoprevention with nicotinamide, the role of ultraviolet radiation-induced immune suppression and UVA in skin carcinogenesis and topical immunotherapy for metastatic melanoma have been translated into clinical practice in Australia and internationally.