Professor Greg Woods completed an undergraduate degree in 1978, BSc(Hons) at Monash University, a postgraduate degree at the University of Tasmania, in 1984 (PhD), and was awarded a founding Fellowship of the Faculty of Science, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia in 2011. He worked as a research scientist in Toronto, Canada; London, England and Edinburgh Scotland. His current appointment is Principal Research Fellow, Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania and Professor of immunology, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania. He teaches immunology to medical and medical research students and supervises postgraduate and research students. In 2012 he was nominated as one of the School’s inspiring lecturers. Research interests have included Photoimmunology, specifically the effect of sunlight on the developing skin immune system and the influence of vitamin D. Most of his research is now devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) where progress has been made in understanding the immune system of the Tasmanian devil and how this cancer escapes immune recognition. The research is paving the way towards a vaccine against DFTD. In 2011 as part of the five-member team ‘The Devil’s Advocates’ he was awarded the Sherman Eureka Award for Environmental Science. In 2015 his life-long contribution to research was recognised the Australian Society for Medical Research when he was awarded their ‘Certificate in Recognition of the Distinguished Service to Medicine, Science and Community.’ In the past ten years, Professor Woods has been awarded more than $2 million in research funding, including NHMRC and ARC grants. He has published over 90 peer-reviewed scientific papers and has supervised approximately 20 PhD students to completion.