Dan is a thoracic transplant physician, interstitial lung disease expert, and translational clinician researcher. His research focusses on the mechanisms and treatments for lung fibrosis, silicosis, transplant rejection and post-transplant complications. For the past two years he was named one of Australia’s top 200 researchers in all fields and the most highly cited in the field of transplantation. He is the immediate past Director of the International Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Registry, the first Australian to be appointed to that role. The Registry remains the most important source of evidence to guide the practice of transplantation globally. Dan is Executive Director of Research at Australia’s’ largest health service, and heads one of the world’s largest clinical trials programs in lung fibrosis. His research is supported by over $20 million in competitive grant funding.