Liam is The Age and Sydney Morning Herald’s science reporter

Dr. Ananya Mandal is a medical doctor, having achieved her MBBS degree in 2002 from Calcutta National Medical College & Hospital, followed by an MD in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics from The Institute of Post graduate Medical Education and Research, West Bengal.At present she works as an Associate Professor at a Government Medical College in West Bengal, teaching Pharmacology to second year MBBS students and also post-graduate students pursuing an MD.Dr. Mandal has been writing research articles and synopses of complex studies for many years, making things easier and simpler for students and other academic professionals to understand.

Scott Maier, senior public information representative, covers cardiology, orthopaedics, transplant medicine, School of Dentistry and School of Nursing, along with other areas. A native Texan, he has more than 20 years experience as a newspaper reporter and higher education communications specialist. Scott most recently was media relations director for the Texas A&M Health Science Center, handling media queries and outreach for six disciplines in nine cities. A graduate of Angelo State University, Scott also has been a reporter at several Texas newspapers.

Dr Livingstone’s research interests include dietary patterns, cardiometabolic health and personalised nutrition. She has expertise in dietary pattern methodologies to understand overall diet quality and how this relates to risk of obesity and chronic disease. She also has an interest in personalized nutrition and the role of genetic and phenotypic information. She is involved with a pan-European randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of personalized nutrition on on change in dietary and physical activity behaviors. She has a competitive track record relative to opportunity, with experience publishing over 50 peer-reviewed publications in leading journals in her field. Dr Livingstone also has experience on Editorial Boards, by acting as Associate Editor for Public Health Nutrition, and in peer-reviewing publications for high impact journals in the field of Nutrition and Health.

Ziba Kashef is a Senior Writer, Editor and Communications Consultant helping businesses and organisations reach strategic goals.

As one of Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology’s senior pathologists, Dr David Kanowski reports across all aspects of biochemistry including clinical chemistry, endocrinology and toxicology.

Anya Kamenetz is an education correspondent at NPR. She joined NPR in 2014, working as part of a new initiative to coordinate on-air and online coverage of learning. Since then the NPR Ed team has won a 2017 Edward R. Murrow Award for Innovation, and a 2015 National Award for Education Reporting for the multimedia national collaboration, the Grad Rates project. Kamenetz is the author of several books. Her latest is The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life (PublicAffairs, 2018). Her previous books touched on student loans, innovations to address cost, quality, and access in higher education, and issues of assessment and excellence: Generation Debt; DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education, and The Test.

Environment and science correspondent,Comment editor @thescotsman and @edinburghpaper, interests include environment, politics, history, cycling, guitar, chess

Yasmin Jeffery is a journalist and producer with ABC News Digital.

Geoffrey James, a contributing editor for Inc.com, has authored a dozen books, hundreds of feature articles, and thousands of online columns, mostly about business and technology. He’s won awards, given speeches, helped companies triple sales, yada-yada-yada¦You know the drill. He also has a free newsletter.

Sumeyya is a reporter for The Age