Prof. Peter D. Sly is the Director of the Children’s Health and Environment Program, an NHMRC Leadership Fellow (L3), an Emeritus Physician of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at Queensland Children’s Hospital, and a Professor of Respiratory Medicine at Deakin University. He completed his PhD studies in Medicine and Science at the University of Melbourne and the University of Western Australia, respectively. His research aims to understand the mechanisms underlying chronic childhood lung diseases to improve clinical management and delay or prevent their onset, with consequent reductions in adult lung diseases. A combination of basic science, longitudinal cohort studies, and translation of research findings into clinical practice, including clinical trials, are included in three main areas: asthma, cystic fibrosis, and children’s environmental health.