Professor Mei Krishnasamy is Director of the Academic Nursing Unit at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and honorary Chair in Cancer Nursing in the Department of Nursing at the University of Melbourne. She is Research and Education Lead for Nursing for the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) Alliance, and co-lead of the Victorian Regional Research Teaching Hub. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. Mei is past President of the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia and the Cancer Nurses of Australia. Her research focuses on health equity, with a particular focus on equitable access to cancer supportive care, care of older adults with cancer, and the experiences of care for people with poor prognosis cancers. Mei’s research also explores the contribution of nurses to patient and system level outcomes.