Prof Rod Sinclair is a professor of dermatology at the University of Melbourne and director of Sinclair Dermatology and has written 13 textbooks on dermatology, contributor to 68 chapters to multi-authored textbooks and co-authored more than 300 research publications. Professor Sinclair conducts clinical research in psoriasis, eczema, urticaria, vitiligo, hair loss, and skin cancer and laboratory research into stem cell biology, regenerative medicine, and gene discovery. Professor Sinclair will be Secretary-General of the International Society of Dermatology World Congress in Melbourne and President for the World Congress of Hair Research Societies in 2021. He is past president of the Australasian Society for Dermatology Research.