John Ferguson is a Health Promotion Officer in the Central Queensland Public Health Unit focusing on the prevention and early detection of skin cancer. John holds a Master in Public Health with a major in Health Promotion from the University of Queensland. He is working alongside his colleagues from the Central Queensland Public Health Unit in collaboration with the Prevention Strategy Branch of Queensland Health as they initiate a skin cancer prevention project to increase advocacy for, awareness of and access to skin cancer prevention strategies and early detection services in regional Queensland.