Dr Paul Mitchell holds the positions of Medical Oncologist at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer, Wellness and Research Centre at Austin Health in Melbourne, Australia, Director of the North-Eastern Melbourne Integrated Cancer Service (Cancer Network) and Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne. He is Chairman of the recently established Thoracic Alliance for Cancer Trials (TACT) which brings together national and trans-national lung cancer trials groups and was President of the Australasian Lung Cancer Trials Group 2012-2016. He is Chair of the Lung Cancer Advisory Group of Cancer Australia, sits on the State Government’s Clinical Council and the Program Assessing Committee of the Health Research Council of New Zealand. Dr Mitchell trained in medical oncology in Auckland, New Zealand, followed by two years as Senior Registrar at the Royal Marsden Hospital, UK, before completing a Doctor of Medicine degree based on 3 years work at the Institute of Cancer Research, UK. He moved to Melbourne in 1995.