A/Prof Stephan Foy is a graduate of University of Otago and completed his coronary interventional fellowship at Royal Perth Hospital, WA.
His first consultant engagement was at Launceston General Hospital, Tasmania, where Stephan set up Tasmania’s first Cardiac Cath Lab outside of Hobart. This resulted in implementing a diagnostic cardiac catheterisation and pacemaker implant service.
Stephan moved to Geelong in late 1997, where he established Heart Centre St John of God, a private cardiology practice in which he remains a practice principal.
He was instrumental in instituting the cardiac services at St John of God Geelong Hospital. Stephan was the key advisor for development of the hospital’s Cardiac Catheter Labs and Cardiac Care Unit. His association with Geelong-based cardiac surgeons was vital to SJGGH developing its cardiac surgery programme, with the first cardiac operation in a Victoria state regional centre performed in 2017.

Karen Tuesley is an early career researcher at the School of Public Health, University of Queensland. Karen’s research focuses on women’s health and cancer epidemiology using large longitudinal datasets. Her PhD research used large-scale data to explore the associations between the use of chronic disease medications and the risk of ovarian cancer. She also researches long-term health outcomes for women after gynaecological surgery. Karen works with large observational studies with longitudinal data and is experienced with different analytic techniques and methods including emulated trials and Mendelian randomisation.

Dr Jordan is a medically trained cancer epidemiologist who is currently Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health. Before starting her PhD, she worked in rural and urban general practice for over 10 years and brings that clinical experience to her research. She currently leads projects on ovarian and thyroid cancers, examining aetiology, patterns of care and survival. Her research employs a broad range of methods including individual patient and clinician surveys, molecular epidemiology and pooling of consortia data, but she has particular expertise in large-scale data linkage.

Kate is a fertility specialist, gynaecologist and reproductive endocrinologist. She completed university in Melbourne and trained in obstetrics and gynaecology at The Women’s Hospital and The Mercy Hospital, with further work and experience in this field during two years in the UK. Kate then spent three years specialising in infertility and reproductive endocrinology and is CREI qualified. She has led and participated in many research studies, both at Melbourne IVF and with other researchers. Kate has authored and co-authored over 45 research papers published in scientific journals. She is Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Melbourne, Royal Women’s Hospital, and the Head of the Endocrine and Metabolic Service and Acting Head of Reproductive Services both at the Royal Women’s Hospital Melbourne. She is also the Clinical Director and Head of Clinical Research at Melbourne IVF. Kate’s special interest is in medical fertility preservation and she established and coordinates the Fertility Preservation Services at the Royal Women’s Hospital and Melbourne IVF. She currently co-chairs the COSA Medical Fertility Preservation Guidance development group and is also a member of the international Pancare working group for development of the European Fertility Preservation Guidelines. Kate’s patients appreciate her accessibility and strong commitment to research guiding best practice. She is dedicated to ensuring every patient is given the best chance of having a family.

I am an Emergency Physician working in the Emergency Department of the Royal Hobart Hospital. Originally from the UK, I left in 2005 for a year long working holiday, only to find myself pursing a career in emergency medicine in New Zealand and then Australia. I became a Consultant in 2012 and over the last decade have developed a range of additional medical interests, including Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine, Complex Wound Management and Hospital in the Home. I am passionate about vulnerable patients receiving timely care and over the last few years have been bringing acute hospital level care to patients in the community. I am proud to have been an EM Masterclass Mentor since 2015 and have had the joy of mentoring many Dutch EPs since.

Dr Janet Green is a highly qualified academic with over 25 years of recent clinical experience at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney, and a nursing academic for 30 years. She is a Senior Lecturer at University of Notre Dame (Sydney based) and Adjunct Senior Lecturer at The University of Tasmania (Sydney based)

Dr Stephanie Daly is a specialist GP in Dementia. She is a fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners and has completed post-graduate training in Dementia Studies at the University of Bradford in the UK. More recently since moving to Australia she has become an advocate for patients living with Dementia and has facilitated the practice she works at becoming one of the first dementia-friendly (Dementia Australia approved) GP surgery’s in Australia.

Dr Rebecca Moore graduated from the University of Adelaide and completed her RACGP fellowship whist working as an Aviation Medical Officer in the RAAF. She has worked in General Practice and urgent care in the UK and Australia and now fosters a special interest in geriatric medicine. She completed a Masters degree in dementia in 2024.

Kyla is a Social Worker with over 15 years’ experience and has worked in New Zealand, Australia, England, and South-East Asia. Her experience lies within Child Protection, Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence in both government and non-government positions. She has recently completed her Advanced Masters in Sexual and Reproductive Health and is now working within public health as a health promotions officer. Her key interests are on the gendered impacts of HIV/STI/BBV transmission, and the wider societal responses to reproductive rights and justice.

Charlotte is a PhD candidate working on the affects of microplastics on gut and brain health

Dr Anastazja Gorecki is a Teaching & Research Scholar in Biomedical Sciences at the School of Health Sciences, University of Notre Dame Fremantle, teaching across neuroscience, microbiology, gastroenterology and research & writing skills. In this role, she loves sharing evidence-based information about the gut-brain axis as well as the intersection between neuroscience and wellness. Her PhD explored the gut barrier in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease, which involved a Fulbright Future Scholarship at Johns Hopkins University and resulted in several first-author and co-authored publications. Anastazja is interested in leveraging the connections between the brain and periphery to optimise health and wellbeing, and in the interplay between lifestyle, diet and sustainability. Her current research (with Notre Dame and the Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute) includes the effect of microplastics on the gut, and the role of the gut-brain axis in Parkinson’s disease and post-concussion neurodegeneration. In the future, she hopes to contribute to the implementation of current research into practice.

Cassandra Szoeke professor of medicine, doctor, scientist and clinical researcher-is an expert in women’s health. She is director of the Women’s Healthy Ageing Project at the University of Melbourne and has published hundreds of academic and clinical publications.