A/Professor Tom Kotsimbos has successfully combined multi-disciplinary specialist training in clinical medicine (Respiratory and Infectious Disease) with a strong commitment to basic science (MD, NHMRC funding, PhD trainees) thereby placing him in an excellent position to initiate and enable translational medical research opportunities and knowledge transfer. In addition he continues to remain very active in outpatient and inpatient clinical medicine and teaching, and is actively engaged in national and international clinical trials and evaluation of novel therapies, interventions and information management systems thereby further facilitating integration and innovation in health care across multiple levels.