Dr Harunor Rashid is a senior research officer at the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS), and a Clinical Associate Professor in the University of Sydney Children’s Hospital Westmead Clinical School. Harunor undertook paediatric and tropical medicine training in Bangladesh, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and UK, ultimately receiving, in 2009, Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from the University of London. He is a Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (RCPS), Glasgow, UK and recently acted as its Co-opted International Academic Advisor. Harunor is an active member of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM), and serves on its Research and Awards Committee. He is particularly interested in the epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases among travellers.