Professor Stuart Smith has a PhD in visual neuroscience from Macquarie University (2000) and an MSc in vestibular research from the University of Sydney (1995). Prof Smith was selected from an internationally competitive field for a postdoctoral research fellowship at NASA’s Ames Research Centre (2000-2002). Between 2002-2007 he held academic teaching posts at Trinity College and University College Dublin, Ireland. In 2008 he was awarded a highly competitive National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Award-Industry, the first administered by the University of New South Wales. Prof Smith is an acknowledged as a leading international researcher in the areas of telehealth technology and the development of interactive digital technologies that can be applied to health. He has published 34 refereed papers, 6 book chapters and 9 peer reviewed conference proceedings. Since 2006 he has been awarded 15 grants as a Chief Investigator totalling about AUD$29 million. Following his role as Director of the University of Tasmania HEALTHY Research Centre (2013-2015), Stuart has recently moved to the University of the Sunshine Coast where he is Professor of Disruptive Technologies. His parents still wonder if he has a real job.