Professor Allison Cowin is Deputy Director of the Future Industries Institute and Professor of Regenerative medicine at UniSA. She is a leader in wound healing, internationally renowned for her work on the cytoskeletal protein Flightless I and how it negatively impacts on tissue repair. She leads a group of 12 research scientists and students investigating all aspects of wound healing and regenerative biology. She has been awarded over $20M in grants including from the US Department of Defence and continuous NHMRC funding since 2004 for her work developing antibody technologies for the treatment of wounds. Her research has received special recognition from the NHMRC by inclusion in its ‘10 of the best projects’ publication. She has been awarded five independent fellowships (3 from the NHMRC) won the Women in Innovation: Science award (2016) was an SA finalist in the Telstra Women’s Business awards in 2015 and her research “Novel drug delivery of therapeutic antibodies to wounds” made the finals of the “Australian Innovation Challenge” (2015). Prof Cowin is the Co-Chair of the National AHTA Wound Research Initiative and is the Editor of the Australian journal Wound Practice & Research. Prof Cowin was the founder and inaugural President (2007-2012) of the Australasian Wound & Tissue Repair Society and is now Treasurer of this organisation. She is currently President Elect and Secretary of the Australasian Society for Dermatology Research.