Prof. Dr. Richard Gray has been at La Trobe University since 2017, becoming the Theme Lead (Healthy People, Families, and Communities) in 2021. He originally trained and worked as a mental health nurse at the Maudsley Hospital in London before training in epidemiology and public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Subsequently, he has worked as a mental health services researcher focused on improving physical health outcomes for people experiencing mental ill-health, initially at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, and latterly at the University of East Anglia and La Trobe University. His major research interests include the use of administrative data to address questions about optimising the healthcare workforce, e.g., staffing ratios and education. Other research interests include behaviour change research and interventions for patients with multi-morbidity (two or more coexisting conditions, e.g., cardiovascular disease and depression).