Professor Helen Skouteris is a developmental psychologist, Monash Warwick Alliance Joint Professor of Health and Social Care Improvement and Implementation Science, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, an inaugural Maureen Brunt Professorial Fellow, Head of the Health and Social Care Unit, and Co-Lead of the Division of Evidence Synthesis, Qualitative and Implementation Methods, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University.  She has a strong track record in longitudinal multi-factorial research, randomised controlled trials, implementation research and higher degree research supervision. Her research since 2010 has been predominantly focused on promoting health and wellbeing across preconception, pregnancy, preschool, and childhood, including adolescence, to create the best start in life for all children.