A/Prof Karen Block leads the migration and health team in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne. She is also Academic Convenor of the Anti-racism Hallmark Research Initiative and Deputy Director of the Melbourne Social Equity Institute. Her research includes a range of projects involving immigrant and refugee-background young people, women and families focused on anti-racism, health inequalities, and gender-based violence. She is strongly committed to improving the evidence base to support effective anti-racism programs and measures in a range of settings. In partnership with Welcoming Clubs, she co-led the STARS (Standing Together Against Racism in Sport) project. The findings from that participatory action research project, which was implemented in community sports clubs, are now being used to develop a train-the-trainer model to broaden its impact.