Professor Grant A. Ramm is Head of Department - Cell and Molecular Biology, Group Leader - Hepatic Fibrosis, Senior Principal Research Fellow and Deputy Director of QIMR Berghofer in Brisbane. His research is focussed on the mechanisms associated with hepatic stellate cell transdifferentiation into collagen-producing myofibroblasts and their interaction with liver progenitor cells driving inflammation, fibrogenesis and liver cancer associated with chronic liver disease. In addition, translation of mechanistic observations into clinical application for the differential diagnosis, monitoring progression, predicting clinical outcome and ultimately therapeutic intervention in liver disease associated with haemochromatosis and paediatric cystic fibrosis.