I am an early career researcher in the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney. My research focuses on evidence-based healthcare in women’s reproductive health, including assisted reproductive technologies, pre-conception healthcare and overdiagnosis.

Associate Professor Carolyn Allan graduated in medicine from Monash University with honours and undertook advanced training in endocrinology at Prince Henry’s Hospital/Monash Medical Centre and at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London. After returning to Australia in 1999, she completed a PhD in Andrology at Prince Henry’s Institute (now the Hudson Institute of Medical Research).

Since 2001 A/Prof Allan has been a member of Senior Medical Staff in the Departments of Endocrinology and Diabetes at Monash Health. She is the inaugural Head of the Endocrine Pregnancy Service and was previously Head of the Diabetes Pregnancy Service.

A/Prof Allan’s practice includes diabetes and general and reproductive (male and female) endocrinology. A/Prof Allan together with Dr Matthiesson is a Director of the Victorian Diabetes Endocrine Network.

Dr Prash Puspanathan is a medical doctor and has been a Neuropsychiatry Fellow at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne since 2013. Prash entered the field of Psychiatry so as to further his interest in the therapeutic potential of psychedelics. He has been an advocate on the importance of these medicine-assisted psychotherapies to the medical community, both in Australia and at conferences globally. He started and ran Psychonauts Onymous, Australia’s first monthly gathering of multidisciplinary professionals discussing current research into the psychedelic space.

Jordan is formally recognised as one of Australia’s foremost cyber safety experts and is the founder of ySafe, an international organisation that provides cyber safety education and solutions to schools. A Clinical Psychologist, Jordan won the 2018 WA Young Achiever Award for her pioneering work in the field of cyber safety.

Jordan has extensive clinical expertise in working with children and adolescents managing problematic technology use, including cyberbullying and gaming addiction.

Jordan often presents as a guest lecturer at prestigious Australian universities, provides comment in national media stories as a subject matter expert and presents as a keynote speaker at national education and cyber safety conferences.

Dr Jessica Kaufman is a Research Fellow in the Vaccine Uptake group at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Her areas of expertise include vaccination-related communication, mixed methods research, intervention design and evaluation. Her current research includes developing and evaluating interventions and policies to improve vaccine uptake in pregnant women, children with neurodevelopmental disorders and people of refugee background. She is also involved in mapping and designing measurement instruments to diagnose the reasons for under-vaccination. Jessica is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne and La Trobe University, a member of the steering committee for the Collaboration on Social Science in Immunisation (COSSI) network, and an editor with the Cochrane Consumers and Communication review group.

Dr Kathy McNamee is the Medical Director of Sexual Health Victoria. She co-authored Contraception: an Australian clinical practice handbook and is an adjunct lecturer in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at Monash University.

Dr Kate McIlwaine completed her Obstetrics & Gynaecology training through Monash and has a Fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery from the Mercy Hospital for Women. She holds a Masters in Reproductive Medicine from the University of New South Wales. Kate’s special interests include minimally invasive surgery for the diagnosis and management of endometriosis and related conditions, infertility and menstrual management. Kate consults at Genea Fertility in Heidelberg and Eastern Gynaecology in Mitcham. She is a VMO Gynaecologist at various private hospitals including St Vincent’s Private, Warringal and Mitcham Private. Kate also holds a public appointment as a Consultant Gynaecologist on the Endosurgery Unit at the Mercy Hospital for Women in Heidelberg.