Professor Pradeep Tanwar is an NHMRC Career Development Fellow and the group leader of the Gynaecology Diseases program at the University of Newcastle. His work investigates what goes wrong with the female reproductive organs in pathologies and how we can fix it. In the last five years, his team has made significant contributions to our understanding of reproductive tract stem cells and their involvement in the pathogenesis of gynaecological diseases (Cell Stem Cell, Cell Reports x2, Development). The excellence of his research has been recognised by the award of three consecutive fellowships by NHMRC, ARC, and Cancer Institute NSW, several project grants, patents and industry contracts, and an exceptional publication record. He has also trained many undergraduate and postgraduate students in reproductive biology. His transdisciplinary team is accumulating compelling scientific rationale to modify, improve and replace current prevention and treatment strategies for gynaecological diseases.