Professor Wakefield is a medical psychologist whose work aims to improve outcomes for children and young people, particularly those affected by cancer. Her research encompasses psychosocial, behavioural and ethico-legal domains, from prevention and diagnosis, through to survivorship, palliative care and bereavement. Prof Wakefield’s work spans across high income countries through to the most resource limited settings. She is a Professor in the School of Clinical Medicine at UNSW Sydney, Executive Director of the Behavioural Sciences Unit at Sydney Children’s Hospital and serves on the Board of Directors for the International Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOP). As Continental President for SIOP Oceania, Prof Wakefield advocates for improvements in child cancer care/policy in Papua New Guinea and the wider Western Pacific region.