A/Prof Adam Nelson (MBBS, FRACP, MMedEd, BMedSci) is Paediatric Oncologist and transplant and cellular therapy (TCT) physician and the Director of TCT at the Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital. A/Prof Nelson’s clinical and research interests lie in the areas of bone marrow failure and cellular therapy. He spent 7 years as faculty at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, a world leader in TCT, where he developed expertise in the diagnosis, treatment and research into pathogenesis of bone marrow failure syndromes and related complications.During his time there he was also the BMT-lead and the Principal Investigator on a number of studies using CAR-T cells to treat leukaemia. He also participated in developing novel T-cell therapies to treat viral infections after bone marrow transplantation.