Peter Lobie obtained a B.Med.Sci. (Distinction) and MBBS (Medicine First Class Honours) in 1992 from the University of Queensland in Australia. He was awarded the highest accolade from the University in the form of a University Medal. His postdoctoral work was undertaken at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden where he also obtained a PhD. He has consecutively held faculty positions in Singapore and New Zealand. He was also New Zealand’s first chair of Breast Cancer funded by the Breast Cancer Research Trust. He is now is Professor and Senior Principal Investigator at the newly formed Cancer Science Institute of Singapore.