Steve Nicholls is Director of Monash Heart and Professor of Cardiology and Inaugural Director of the Victorian Heart Institute at Monash University. He is a preventive cardiologist with research interests in the biological mechanisms linking cardiometabolic risk factors to atherosclerosis, plaque imaging and leadership of clinical trials of novel cardioprotective strategies. He is President-elect of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, President of the Australian Atherosclerosis Society, Founding Chair of the Asia Pacific Cardiometabolic Consortium and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.s