I am an Infectious Disease specialist, experienced in conducting clinical research and the author of Conducting Clinical Research, the essential guide to the topic. My new book, Resilience: One Family’s Story of Hope and Triumph over Evil, is available for preorder. I survived 25 years in solo practice in rural Cumberland, Maryland, and now work part time. I especially love writing about ethical issues, and tilting at windmills as I advocate for social justice. As part of my overall desire to save the world when I grow up, I have become particularly interested in neglected tropical diseases. In my next life, I would love to teach overseas. When not slaving over hot patients, I can be found playing with photography, friends’ dogs, or in my garden.

Ranjana Srivastava is an Australian oncologist, award-winning author and Fulbright scholar. Her latest book is called A Better Death.

Prianka is an Australian journalist based in New York. She is currently enrolled in NYU’s joint Masters Program in Journalism and International Relations. Prior to this, Prianka worked as a Community Development Project Officer at the Asylum Seeker Welcome Centre, an organization that provides educational and social support for asylum seekers living in the Melbourne community. She also spent a year in Vanuatu, serving as a Community Project Officer with the Marae Village Development Council.

Belinda Smith is the online science reporter in the ABC RN science unit. Her work’s appeared in Cosmos magazine and the Best Australian Science Writing 2016 and 2018.

Professor Slonim came to Sydney in 2008 from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio. He holds a PhD from Duke University and MBA and BA degrees from the University of California Berkeley. Professor Slonim is best recognised as a pioneer in the area of experimental economics and has written extensively on learning, trust and the economics of charitable behaviour and blood donations. Professor Slonim has been very innovative in his use of experimental methods that have theoretical importance and have also represented important findings for matters of public policy.

Prof Rod Sinclair is a professor of dermatology at the University of Melbourne and director of Sinclair Dermatology and has written 13 textbooks on dermatology, contributor to 68 chapters to multi-authored textbooks and co-authored more than 300 research publications. Professor Sinclair conducts clinical research in psoriasis, eczema, urticaria, vitiligo, hair loss, and skin cancer and laboratory research into stem cell biology, regenerative medicine, and gene discovery. Professor Sinclair will be Secretary-General of the International Society of Dermatology World Congress in Melbourne and President for the World Congress of Hair Research Societies in 2021. He is past president of the Australasian Society for Dermatology Research.

A University of Melbourne graduate, A/Prof Sikaris trained at the Royal Melbourne, Queen Victoria, Prince Henry’s and Heidelberg Repatriation Hospitals. He obtained fellowships from the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) and the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists (AACB) in 1992 and 1997 respectively.
A/Prof Sikaris was appointed Director of Chemical Pathology at St Vincent’s Hospital in 1993 and Medical Director of Dorevitch Pathology in 1998 before starting at Melbourne Pathology in 2003. He specialises in Prostate Specific Antigen, cholesterol and quality assurance and is Chair of the RCPAQAP Key Incident Monitoring Program for Australasia.A NATA-accredited laboratory assessor, he is also founding Fellow of the RCPA Faculty of Science where he is Principal Examiner in Pathology Informatics.A/Prof Sikaris is a Principal Fellow of the Department of Pathology at Melbourne University and lectures to undergraduates, GPs and a variety of specialist groups across Australia and overseas.A/Prof Sikaris is also Director of Clinical Support Services for Sonic Healthcare and Director of Chemical Pathology at Melbourne Pathology.

Casey Ross is a veteran business journalist covering the companies transforming the pharmaceutical and health care industries across the U.S. Before joining STAT, he wrote for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Boston Globe, where he worked on the Spotlight Team in 2014 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A Vermont native, he now lives outside Cleveland with his wife and two young children. When he’s not with them, he’s in his cornfield, cultivating some of the sweetest bi-color in the Midwest.

I am a CI of the Priority Research Centre for Chemical Biology and Clinical Pharmacology and a member of the Reproductive Science group at the University of Newcastle.I have been a member of the Australian Society for Reproductive Biology since moving to University of Newcastle in 1998 and entering the field of Reproduction. I currently serve on the SRB Council. My team is currently addressing the effect of acrylamide on male germ cells. Acrylamide is consumed in food. We have established the detrimental effects of acrylamide and now my team is examining both the consequences of damaging the male germ line and also finding ways to alleviate the effects. I also contribute significant expertise in molecular biology to all programs within the Reproductive Science Group. In total I have published 2 book chapters and 33 journal articles. I have been a CI on over $17M of competitive research income and $1.5M of equipment grants. Along with Laureate Prof Aitken and Prof McLaughlin, I hold a patent for the tools for germ cell ablation. I have supervised 11 RHD students and 17 Honours students including 4 and 15 as prime supervisor respectively. My students have won awards for their presentations, including at international conferences, and several have been awarded prestigious University or Faculty medals.

James Robertson was a reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.

Sally first developed an interest in medical communications when she took on the role of Journal Development Editor for BioMed Central (BMC), after having graduated with a first-class honors degree in biomedical science from Greenwich University.Nowadays, Sally works as a freelance medical writer, part of which includes generating daily news updates, life science articles and interview coverage for News-Medical. She also produces webinar content, conference booklets and articles introducing and explaining the applications of newly launched laboratory equipment.