Distinguished Professor David Adams, CEO and Executive Director, Illawarra Health & Medical Research Institute (IHMRI), University of Wollongong is internationally recognised as a leader in membrane physiology and neuroscience research, specifically the study of membrane receptor and ion channel function and modulation using electrophysiological recording techniques. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS), the Royal Society of NSW (FRSN), the American Physiological Society (FAPS), The Physiological Society UK (FTPS), and International Union of Physiological Sciences Academy (FIUPS). He was previously Professor and Director of the Health Innovations Research Institute, RMIT University and an ARC Australian Professorial Fellow (2010-2014). He was Professor and Chair of Physiology at the University of Queensland (UQ, 1995-2009), Head of Department of Physiology & Pharmacology (1997-2000), Head of the School of Biomedical Sciences (2000-2007) and Professorial Research Fellow and Director of UQ Neuroscience Program, Queensland Brain Institute (2008-2009).