Lily Collison is an author and medical scientist. She serves as Program Director of Gillette Children’s Healthcare Press at Gillette’s Children’s Hospital, Minnesota, leading the publication of a series of nine books on childhood-acquired physical and/or neurological conditions. A healthcare advocate, Lily’s experience with her son led her to write her first book, Spastic Diplegia (2020). She holds degrees in Science from Trinity College and University College Dublin, and an Honorary Doctorate in Medicine from University College Cork. She is a board member of the Irish Health Service Executive.