Hans Forssberg is Professor in Neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet and Consultant in Neuropaediatrics at Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. He is one of the founders of the International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disability and has been its first president. He is past chairman of the European Academy of Childhood Disability; past dean and past vice president of Karolinska Institutet; and past member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. His research has focused on children with neurodevelopmental disorders; from translational research on mechanisms underlying motor and cognitive dysfunctions, to clinical research aiming at developing new methods for assessment and intervention. During recent years, he has shifted focus to research on global health of children with disabilities, in particular in low- and middle-income countries. He has published around 250 original research articles and is one of the internationally most cited researchers in neurodevelopmental disorders (>30 000 citations; h-index=82; Google Scholar). He is currently expert adviser at UNICEF on a project developing, implementing and evaluating global recommendations for universal, early identification and intervention for children with developmental delay and disability, particularly aimed to be implemented in low resource settings.