Prof David Ziegler is a Senior Staff Specialist in the Kids Cancer Centre at Sydney Children’s Hospital and has expertise in neuro-oncology and early phase clinical trials.  Prof Ziegler completed his clinical training in paediatric haematology and oncology at Sydney Children’s Hospital and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital Boston.  He is a Conjoint Professor at the University of New South Wales and a Group Leader at the Children’s Cancer Institute (CCI), where his preclinical research focuses on novel therapies for childhood brain tumours. He leads the neuro-oncology and clinical trials programs at the Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital. He is Director of the Kids Cancer Alliance – a translational research program developed with the support of the Cancer Institute NSW.