In this month’s episode, Dr Jennifer McIntosh talks to Professor Ray Chan, Professor in Cancer Nursing, Faculty of Health, at the Queensland University of Technology. We believe that Professor Chan is a mid-career superstar. His career trajectory has been stellar, beginning a research career from 2007, he became a Professor within 4 years of his Ph.D. So how did he become a mid-career superstar and what is his advice for mid-career researchers in going above and beyond?