Experts

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A/Prof Teh is a fertility specialist and gynecologist at City Fertility and Epworth Healthcare (Freemason and Eastern). She is also co-medical director of Public Fertility Services at the Royal Women’s Hospital. She holds the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from Monash University, Masters of Reproductive Medicine from University of New South Wales and Doctor of philosophy (PhD) from University of Melbourne.

A/Prof Teh has more than 15 years’ experience in the field of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. She completed her general specialist training in obstetrics and gynaecology at Monash Medical Centre, before joining Reproductive Services Unit at The Royal Women’s Hospital and subsequently City Fertility.

A/Prof Teh has a passion in research and teaching. She has been appointed honorary Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne, and is actively involved in supervision of both clinical and research students and specialist trainees.

Her main research interest is on endometrium, implantation failure and to improve obstetric outcomes following IVF treatments. She has received multiple scholarships, research grants and awards during her career.

Prof Andrew Sindone, Cardiologist; Director of the Heart Failure Unit and Department of Cardiac Rehabilitation, Concord Hospital; Head, Department of Cardiology, Ryde Hospital
Prof Andrew Sindone B. Med (hons), MD, FRACP, FCSANZ, FNHFA is Director of the Heart Failure Unit and Department of Cardiac Rehabilitation at Concord Hospital and Head of Department of Cardiology at Ryde Hospital. He runs the Concord Hospital Heart Failure Clinic, research, rehabilitation and outreach programs. He has been Principal Investigator in 50 international, multi-centre, clinical trials and authored over 100 articles. He is a Co-Chairman of the NSW Cardiovascular Expert Reference Group, Fellow of the Heart Foundation of Australia and is co-author of the Australian and the Asia Pacific Heart Failure Guidelines.

Dr Ted Wu, Endocrinologist; Senior Specialist Endocrinologist, Director, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Diabetes Centre; Director of Physician Training, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
Dr Ted Wu is a senior specialist endocrinologist, Director of the Royal Prince Alfred (RPA) Hospital Diabetes Centre and Director of Physician Training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, Australia. He has a long-term interest clinical diabetes, and teaching and research into diabetes complications and novel treatments. In 1998 he joined the RPA Diabetes Centre, formulating and delivering novel educational programs in clinical diabetes. He has published numerous articles, abstracts and book chapters and has been an invited speaker to many international symposia. He was instrumental in establishing RPA Hospital’s Diabetes Centre as a National Association of Diabetes Centre’s ‘Centre of Excellence’ and Australia’s only International Diabetes Federation ‘Centre of Education’.

Prof Kovacic graduated from The University of Melbourne Medical School in 1994, and then undertook residency and cardiology specialty training in interventional cardiology at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, becoming a Fellow of The Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2003. Prof Kovacic then completed a PhD in cardiovascular medicine at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute.

In 2007, he was elected as a Fellow of The American College of Cardiology and relocated to the USA, to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. At the NIH, Professor Kovacic discovered critical new pathways that lead to blockage of the body’s blood vessels. He then moved to The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. In parallel with his vital ongoing research to define new ways to prevent and treat vascular disease, Prof Kovacic is a practicing clinical cardiologist at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, specialising in vascular disease and blockages of the heart arteries.

Prof Kovacic has authored numerous scientific and clinical papers on heart and vascular disease and serves on a number of NIH committees. He has a particular interest in unraveling the pathobiology of the vascular diseases, fibromuscular dysplasia and spontaneous coronary artery dissection.

Dr Megan Lee is an Assistant Professor in Psychology at Bond University, teaching research methods, statistics, and psychology subjects. Dr Lee has a PhD in Nutritional Psychiatry and is the Secretary of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research (ISNPR). Dr Lee has published evidence-based research in diet and mental health, intuitive & disordered eating, body image in the postpartum, and positive psychology.
Dr Amy Burton is a lecturer in clinical psychology at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Recently, Amy’s research has focused on the prevention and early intervention of eating disorders in young people and Amy is the co-director of the Body Image and Eating Academic Network at UTS. In addition to her academic role at UTS, Amy is a practising clinical psychologist and clinical supervisor to early career psychologists. Having worked in and with headspace centres for over 8 years, Amy is passionate advocate for youth mental health, accessible mental health care, and supporting early career mental health clinicians.
Kathy Beck is an experienced Paediatric Dietitian with expertise in food allergy and a passion to support families living with food allergy. Her philosophy emphasises focusing on what children with allergies are able to eat. Kathy is the past chair of the Dietitian Committee of ASCIA and has worked with other experts to produce ASCIA resources, in addition to supporting other dietitians.
Prof Elizabeth Denney-Wilson is Professor of Nursing in the Sydney Nursing School. She has academic qualifications in nursing, public health and epidemiology. Since completing her PhD in 2005, her research has focused on obesity prevention and management with a focus on the development of brief interventions (including mHealth interventions) targeting infant and young child feeding that can be scaled up and implemented. Prof Denney-Wilson has long term collaborations with researchers across a broad range of health disciplines from UNSW, Deakin and Flinders University. She was recently appointed to a WHO guidelines committee on child obesity prevention and management and the NHMRC clinical obesity guidelines committee.
Kylie is an experienced legal professional with a strong background in litigation, dispute resolution and class actions, specialising in running group proceedings on behalf of people who have suffered injury or loss as a result of corporate or government wrongdoing. She is also a playwright and mother of two young children.
Dr Ray Moynihan is an academic researcher, and an award-winning journalist and author, based in Australia with a global reputation. Ray is currently an Assistant Professor at Bond University, where he completed his PhD on Overdiagnosis, and an NHMRC Early Career Fellow. As a long-time journalist, reporting across print, radio, television and social media, Ray has worked at the ABC TV’s investigative program, Four Corners and the 7:30 Report, ABC Radio’s Background Briefing and The Australian Financial Review. Since winning a Harkness Fellowship, based at Harvard University in 1999, in addition to his journalism, Ray has developed an impressive body of academic work resulting in articles in the Lancet, the New England Journal of Medicine, the Medical Journal of Australia, PLoS Medicine, and the British Medical Journal, BMJ. He is also currently an honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, in Australia. Internationally recognized for his work on the business of medicine, Ray is regularly interviewed by media globally, and invited to give presentations at universities, conferences and workshops around the world. The winner of many awards for his investigative journalism, Ray’s 2005 book Selling Sickness was described in the New York Times as a “compelling case” and has been translated into a dozen languages. His fourth book, Sex, Lies & Pharmaceuticals was released globally in late 2010 and generated widespread interest internationally. Since 2017 he has hosted the successful podcast The Recommended Dose, produced by Cochrane Australia.
Dr Joshua Zadro is a Physiotherapist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, The University of Sydney. He is currently investigating strategies to reduce low-value physiotherapy in partnership with the Australian Physiotherapy Association, Choosing Wisely Australia and Wiser Healthcare Research Collaboration. His PhD largely focussed on physical activity as a risk factor and intervention strategy for people with low back pain. He continues to work clinically and has extensive experience working in a private musculoskeletal-based practice and with numerous amateur and professional football teams. Over the past few years he has taught in musculoskeletal physiotherapy units at The University of Sydney.
Dr Ellie Freedman is a Sexual Health Physician with a career long interest in Women’s Health. She has worked extensively in NSW Health Violence Abuse and Neglect services, providing trauma -informed medical and forensic care to victim-survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. She works as manager of the medical education portfolio at NSW Education Centre Against Violence, overseeing the training of medical forensic examiners and is a Senior Clinical Advisor to Ministry of Health PARVAN.