Associate Professor Ken Karipidis is the assistant director of Health Impact Assessment at the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency where he is heavily involved in the scientific and regulatory aspects of radiation protection from non-ionising radiation sources. He also provides expert advice and information on radiation protection to government, the public and other relevant stakeholders and leads the development of policy initiatives and best practice. Ken has a number of eminent appointments including being an adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University as well as Swinburne University of Technology and is the Vice Chair of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection.