University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Dr Roderick Clifton-Bligh is Senior Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Sydney, and Staff Specialist in Endocrinology at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney. He completed a PhD in the genetics of thyroid disorders with Professor Chatterjee at the University of Cambridge. He now supervises twin research groups, one of which focuses on the genetics of endocrine neoplasms, and the other on metabolic bone disease. The Cancer Genetics Unit currently studies the molecular bases of thyroid cancer, andrenal cancer, phaechromocytoma, and pituitary neoplasms. The Metabolic Bone Research Unit studies calcium-sensing receptor gene mutations, oncogenic osteomalacia (and FGF23 biology in general) and the role of 1-alpha hydroxylase in osteoporosis. His scope of clinical practice remains broad.