Professor Sarah Russell is an Immunologist and Cell Biologist. Her major focus is on T cells: how they develop, how they respond to pathogens and cancer, and how errors in their development can lead to leukaemia. To achieve this, she has a joint position at Swinburne University and the Peter Mac, where her group combines immunological expertise with expertise in physics and mathematics for single cell microscopic imaging analysis. Alongside her immunology research, Sarah has been very active in promoting equity in research over the last 10 years.