Tom Brodnicki is an immunogeneticist who obtained his PhD from the University of Illinois. He undertook his postdoctoral training and was a faculty member at The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute. In 2009, he became head of the Immunogenetics Laboratory at St. Vincent’s Institute and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at The University of Melbourne. He has served on the JDRF Science Review Committee and on Australian NHMRC Grants Review Panels, as well as an NIH-USA Stage 1 Expert Reviewer. His group is focused on investigating genes that affect immune responses contributing to autoimmune disease, in particular type 1 diabetes.