Professor Gordon Howarth began his research career in 1977, studying the immunopathology of renal, skin and autoimmune disorders at Adelaide’s Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science. Professor Howarth was an inaugural scientist in Adelaide’s Child Health Research Institute (1989-2004) and has since published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles on the utilization of in vivo models of gastrointestinal disease for the efficacy-testing of newly developed bioactive compounds. He has also been actively engaged in commercialization of research, having been involved with Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) including the CRC for Tissue Growth and Repair (1991-2003). Between 2005 and 2008 Professor Howarth held a Cancer Council South Australia Research Fellowship; and between 2009 and 2011 the nationally-competitive Sally Birch Cancer Council Australia Senior Research Fellowship in Cancer Control. Professor Howarth is currently a South Australian Cancer Council Collaborative Senior Research Fellow (2012-2014) and a member of the academic staff in the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences at the Roseworthy Campus of the University of Adelaide. Professor Howarth also holds an Affiliate Professor appointment in the Gastroenterology Department of Adelaide’s Women’s and Children’s Hospital.