Professor Ian Davis is a medical oncologist and is Professor of Medicine and Head of the Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University and Eastern Health, in Melbourne, Australia. He holds honorary appointments with the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and Austin Health, and as an Associate Professor of the University of Melbourne, and Associate of the University of Sydney. His primary clinical interests are in urologic cancer and in melanoma, and his primary research interests are in cancer immunology and the biology of urologic cancers. Prof Davis is a member of the Urology Committee, Skin Cancer Committee and Standing Subcommittee on Research for the Cancer Council Victoria. He is the founder of the COSA Urologic Oncology Group, a member of COSA Board and COSA Council, and is founder of the Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group Ltd (ANZUP). He is chair of the ANZUP Board and of its Scientific Advisory Committee.