Dr Raelia Lew was raised in Melbourne and completed her Medical degree at Monash University. She graduated with Honours in 2004, and later trained as a Gynaecologist and Obstetrician at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. Dr Lew completed her Masters of Medicine in Reproductive Health Science and Human Genetics at The University of Sydney in 2009 and PHD in Preconception Health Promotion and Reproductive Genetics in 2016. Dr Lew’s PhD research was commenced at the University of Sydney and completed in Cambridge, UK. Preconception Genetic carrier Screening and applying IVF for the purposes of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis remains as her passion, as helping couples affected by or carrying the risk of genetic disease to have healthy babies is one of the greatest miracles of IVF treatment.

Throughout her career, Michelle has held nursing and midwifery education, senior management and consultant positions in both public and private health facilities in Australia. Michelle has completed post graduate studies in Neonatal Nursing, Midwifery, Master of Nursing (Clinical Leadership) and has been an IBCLC for 14 years. Michelle is a BFHI assessor as well as a board director for Lactation Consultants of Australia and New Zealand (LCANZ). Michelle is passionate about supporting staff to care for babies and families and her current position is that of Clinical Midwife Consultant, Postnatal and Infant Feeding, Western Sydney Local Health District

Dr Claire Ellender is a Respiratory and Sleep Physician based at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane. Her areas of interest are helping people with chronic shortness of breath, pulmonary hypertension and complex sleep disorders.

Dr Ellender did her Respiratory specialist training at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, before moving to Melbourne in 2014 to complete her Respiratory Specialist training at the Alfred Hospital. This move was to undertake a sub-specialist fellowship in Pulmonary Hypertension, with Professor Trevor Williams and the Pulmonary Hypertension Service at the Alfred Hospital. This provided a wealth of experience in treating patients with rare and challenging lung conditions.

Dr Ellender then went on to complete a second sub-specialist fellowship in Sleep Medicine, with the Melbourne Sleep Disorders Centre team. Under the mentorship of Dr David Cunnington and Dr John Swieca, she developed skills in the evaluation, diagnosis and management of a wide range of sleep disorders.

James is a Lecturer (Early Career Development Fellow) in the in Work and Organisational Studies discipline, where he teaches management and leadership.

James’ research interests centre on mindfulness and positive psychology in the workplace, including among leaders and emerging leaders. He is also interested in the influence of contextual factors such as technology, on well-being and performance in the workplace. James’ research has been published in leading international psychology outlets, including the Journal of Personality and the Journal of Research in Personality. James received his PhD from the School of Positive Psychology and Education at the Australian Catholic University, where he explored the effects of mindfulness skills on resilience in a range of settings.

James in passionate about bridging the gap between research and practice, and engages regularly with organisations seeking to develop the resilience and self-awareness of their leaders and emerging leaders, using mindfulness-based approaches. Prior to his academic career, James worked for seven years in public policy with the Commonwealth Departments of Treasury and Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Dr Herrero is a scientifically and medically trained NHMRC Research Fellow, studying the pathobiology of emerging viruses of clinical importance.

Dr Robinson has worked as a specialist at the Department of Allergy and Immunology at the Royal Children’s Hospital since 2008. She has had an active role in training and mentoring nursing staff, paediatric trainees and general paediatricians. She is also a lecturer and examiner for the University of Melbourne. She holds an honorary research fellow position at the Murdoch Research Institute and has been involved in a number of major allergy studies including the HealthNuts Study and the Probiotics Peanut Oral Immunotherapy Trial (PPOIT). She is also a co-author of the Allergy section of the Australian Asthma Handbook, which forms Australia’s national guidelines for asthma management.
Marnie takes a holistic approach to the management of allergic diseases and is passionate about ensuring her patients receive excellent care.
Marnie’s areas of interests include: food allergy, asthma, allergic rhinitis (hay fever), eczema, insect and drug allergy, immunotherapy and primary immune deficiency

Dr. Laura Hart is a Senior Research Fellow in the Engaging Minds in Body Image and Eating Disorders (EMBodIED) Research Team at La Trobe University’s School of Psychology and Public Health, and in the Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, at the University of Melbourne. Dr. Hart has been working in population mental health for over a decade. Her research focuses on developing, evaluating and disseminating training programs for the public to improve prevention, awareness and help-seeking for mental illness. Her research has been recognized with multiple awards, including a 2016 Rising Star Award from the Association for Psychological Science, and a 2017 Australia Endeavour Award to spend 6-months working with Harvard University’s Strategic Training Initative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders in Boston, USA.

Dr Wong is a gastroenterologist from Sydney. She has a broad range of interests in gastroenterology. She investigates and manages all gastroenterology conditions including functional gut disorders, bowel cancer screening, liver disease and inflammatory bowel disease. Dr Wong is currently a staff specialist at Royal North Shore Hospital.

Prof Adrian Esterman has over 40 years of experience as a Biostatistician and Epidemiologist. His career includes 7 years working as a WHO staff member in Geneva and Copenhagen. As an Epidemiologist, he is a generalist, working across most areas of health and medicine, including working with GPs. However, he has spent much of the last 3 years focusing on COVID-19. He is now considered a leading expert in the epidemiology of COVID-19 and is in constant demand by the media. He has over 39,000 followers on Twitter, and has written 29 articles for The Conversation, with over 2.6 million reads.

Dr Jim Tsaltas is head of Gynaecological Endoscopy and Endometriosis Surgery at Monash Health and Monash University. He is also past President of AGES (Australasian Gynaecological Endoscopy and Surgery Society). He is a Clinical Director and Senior IVF Specialist at Melbourne IVF. He has presented and published widely both nationally and Internationally. One of his main research interests is the impact of endometriosis and adenomyosis on Infertility and IVF outcomes.