Tamera Corte, MD, PhD, is a Consultant Respiratory Physician and Director of Interstitial Lung Disease in the Department of Respiratory Medicine at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney and is the Chair of the Steering Committee for the Australian Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Registry, and a member of multiple international task forces for interstitial lung disease guidelines. She continues her research at Sydney University, where her interests include the interstitial lung diseases as well as pulmonary vascular disease. She is Chief Investigator on a recently awarded Centre of Excellence NHMRC grant for Pulmonary Fibrosis, which strives to improve and extend the lives of patients living with pulmonary fibrosis through the development of a comprehensive and integrated program of basic and clinical research and education across Australia.