Erica Kneipp’s experience spans all levels of government, the private and not-for-profit health sectors in Australia and she is known for her passion for evidence based policy development and research praxis. She spent over a decade with the Western Australia Health Department establishing hospital casemix, purchaser- provider frameworks, first time public-private partnerships and managing health services in the Kimberley, remote north western Australia. She is known in Australia for her work on innovative renal dialysis service models and regional planning. From 2005-2009 she worked in the non-profit sector accelerating innovative aged care models and embedding new assistive technology in home care programs to support living boldly. During that time, Erica was also attached to the George Institute for Global Health leading collaborative researcher program and government policy agendas. Since joining Commonwealth Health in 2009, Erica has led a number of national portfolios spanning population health, hospital data and funding, primary care organisation transformations and reform and corporate services. She is currently responsible for the Office Health and Medical Research, which encompasses the $20 billion endowment Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) and Biomedical Translation Fund, making Australia a preferred destination for clinical trials and delivering programs designed to translate and commercialise great Australian medical research. The MRFF is a new, additional and complementary fund that works alongside Australian’s premier research funding body, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). The MRFF will effectively double Australia’s annual investment in health and medical research by the year 2021. Erica’s team supports the MRFF’s independent Australian Medical Advisory Board and is responsible for the recently announced $1.3 billion National Health and Medical Industry Growth Plan, inclusive of the $500 million 10 year Genomics Health Futures Mission funded under the MRFF.