Distinguished Professor Patsy Yates AM is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Patsy is a Registered Nurse with extensive experience as a leader in education and research in the health sector. Patsy is also a Co-Director of QUT’s Centre for Healthcare Transformation. She leads a large competitively funded research program focused on developing workforce capacity, advancing the management of cancer-related symptoms and treatment side effects, and strengthening the nexus between research, policy and practice in cancer, palliative and aged care. Patsy is the current President of the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care, a past-President of Palliative Care Australia, a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and has been inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame.