Professor Mark Tomlinson is Co-Director of the Institute for Life Course Health Research at Stellenbosch University and Professor of Maternal and Child Health at Queen’s University Belfast. His research addresses maternal health, infant development in adversity and the impact of maternal depression, with a focus on community-based interventions. He is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa, he advises global health policy through a number of WHO and UNICEF workstreams.