Dr Peter Le Souef is Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Western Australia, and an academic scientist/paediatric respiratory and global health physician. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers, and given more than 280 invited presentations at international scientific meetings, universities and institutes in 46 different countries. His research has included many aspects of global child health involving collaborations in six continents. Over the last six years, he has developed a major research interest in environmental change and future child health, focusing on the influences of the deteriorating environment and increases in population on past, present, and future child health.