Christine Jenkins is Head of the Respiratory Group at The George Institute for Global Health; Senior Staff Specialist in Thoracic Medicine at Concord Hospital, Sydney; Clinical Professor and Head of Respiratory Discipline at University of Sydney; and Professor of Respiratory Medicine at UNSW Sydney.

Christine has been Principal Investigator and has led many investigator-initiated and competitively funded clinical trials in airways disease. She has had major roles in advocacy and leadership for lung health in Australia, chairing the National Asthma Campaign, the Federal Government’s National Asthma Advisory Group and many local and international guidelines and implementation initiatives to enhance resources, skills, capacity and clinical outcomes in airways disease. She was president of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand from 2007 – 2009.

Christine is an active clinician, and teaches and supervises medical students, advanced trainees and post graduate students. Her area of research interest is the clinical management of airways disease and patient reported outcomes in response to therapeutic interventions, and she is currently implementing trials in asthma and COPD management and pulmonary rehabilitation in Australia and Asia. Christine has written two books on asthma, one for medical students and one for patients, their families and carers. In 2002 she was made a Member in the Order of Australia for recognition of service to respiratory medicine as a physician, administrator and educator, especially in the field of asthma education.

She is on the Board of the Lung Foundation Australia, and is a member of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, the American Thoracic Society, European Respirator Society and the Asia-Pacific Society of Respirology.

Dr. Jansen is the Principle Investigator for a new observational study assessing the safety and efficacy of specific non-psychotropic medicinal cannabis. Incorporating medicinal cannabis therapies into his practice has allowed Dr. Jansen to effectively manage a range of conditions not responding to regular treatment. He has success with managing Rheumatoid Arthritis, Chronic Pain, Anxiety and a range of other chronic disorders. Dr Jansen is an advocate and educator for pharmaceutical medical cannabis and is one of Australia’s leading prescribers of medical cannabis. He is passionate about sharing his knowledge to support other practitioners in their clinical practice and to advance patient care.

Michele is a fertility specialist with expertise in reproductive medical and surgical techniques for the treatment of recurrent miscarriage and infertility for both men and women and takes great pride in her thorough caring approach.
Her specialist practice also assists patients to manage premature ovarian insufficiency, fertility preservation in cancer patients and Michele is an integral part of IVFAustralia’s PCOS clinic at Sydney city and Greenwich assisting women of all ages manage this condition.
Her research has included presentations at many national and international conferences and publication of articles in respected journals.
Michele graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery with Honours at the University of New South Wales. She is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists with 5 years of specialist training in both Sydney and the UK. She then underwent a further 3 years of sub-specialist studies in Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility (CREI) involving Menopause (Royal North Shore), paediatric/adolescent gynaecology (Royal Hospital for Women), endosurgery, and assisted reproduction (IVFAustralia). She is a Conjoint Associate Lecturer at the University of New South Wales and clinical lecturer at the University of Sydney.
Michele provides Gynaecological services as well as a Menopause clinic at the Royal North Shore Hospital. She also has a specialist appointment at North Shore Private Hospital.

Associate Professor Stephen Reddel is a staff specialist neurologist at Concord Repatriation & General Hospital Sydney, and consultant neurologist at the Brain & Mind Centre, University of Sydney. He trained in neurology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, and at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, and has a PhD in the immunology of the Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome.

He heads the neuroimmunology clinic at Concord Hospital, which specialises in the safe treatment of neurological conditions requiring immunotherapy, including multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and a host of rarer diseases.

A/Prof Wood is a staff specialist general paediatrician and Associate Professor and Sub-Dean (Postgraduate Research) in the Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health at the University of Sydney. He is also the Associate Director at National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance. He holds an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship. He leads the NSW Immunisation Specialist Service and coordinates the Immunisation Adverse Events Clinic at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead. He is interested in maternal and neonatal immunisation, as well as research into vaccine safety and the genetics of adverse events.

Susie Burrell is one of Australia’s leading dietitians, with 2 Honours degrees in Nutrition & Dietetics and Psychology. Susie is especially known for her practical, easy to understand approach to diet, nutrition and wellbeing.

Early in her career, she spent almost 10 years working at The Children’s Hospital and with elite sporting teams including the St George Illawarra Dragons and the South African Blue Bulls where she gained much applied experience working with children, families and elite athletes. Susie is currently the resident sports dietitian at Sydney University Sport.

Susie is currently the resident dietitian on Channel’s 7’s SUNRISE and has a weekly radio segment on the top rating 2GB Afternoon Program with Chris Smith. Susie currently contributes regularly to smh.com.au, Australian Women’s Fitness, CLEO and Woman’s Day magazines and she is the consultant dietitian at Sydney University Sport, Bellamy’s Organic, Zip Water and Australian Bananas.

A graduate of the University of New South Wales in 1999, Dr Michael Wehrhahn completed a Master of Public Health at the University of Sydney before commencing specialist training in Perth in 2005. Experience gained at Royal Perth Hospital, Fremantle Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children was complemented by further periods at Liverpool, Royal North Shore and Westmead Hospitals. Dr Wehrhahn is actively involved in research on the clinical and laboratory aspects of a range of micro-organisms and is a reviewer for a number of journals. He is a member of a number of hospital infection control committees and is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of Notre Dame. Dr Wehrhahn also provides an infectious diseases consulting service to Macquarie University Hospital, Lady Davidson Rehabilitation Hospital and Mt Wilga Rehabilitation Hospital.