Professor Anthony G. Capon directs the International Institute for Global Health at United Nations University, based in Kuala Lumpur. Tony is a public health physician and an authority on environmental health and health promotion. Since 2008, he has been working with the International Council for Science to develop the global interdisciplinary science programme on health and well-being in the changing urban environment using systems approaches. Tony has held National Health and Medical Research Council and World Health Organization fellowships, as well as leadership roles with the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine and the International Society for Urban Health.