David is a clinical neonatologist and respiratory physiologist at the Melbourne Children’s Campus (Australia). David leads the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Neonatal Research Groups molecular, imaging and clinical science aiming to better understand lung injury and develop new neonatal critical care respiratory support strategies. David is the current Chair of the Respiratory Failure Section of the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care, lead investigator of the international POLAR Trial of PEEP to support the preterm lung at birth and the BLUEPRINT Study to map the phenotypes and evolution of early preterm respiratory health.