Dr Jon-Paul is a Psychiatrist in full-time private practice and is the co-owner and Director of the Toowong Specialist Clinic in Brisbane – a large, purpose-built, metropolitan psychiatric practice including a research facility, a novel advanced training program in private practice psychiatry and 20 consulting psychiatrists. His professional interests include mood disorders, the management of complex mood disorders, psychopharmacology, phenomenology, psychiatric epidemiology, public health and teaching.

Respiratory Physician; Founding Director of Respiratory Consultants, St Andrews Medical Centre

Dr Sonia Davison graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1994 and undertook her basic training at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. She completed her Endocrinology training in 2002 and her PhD in 2006 at Monash University exploring the relationship between androgens and age, menopause, wellbeing and sexual function in women. Dr Davison has an adjunct appointment at the Women’s Health Research Program at Monash University, and has a keen interest in women’s health. Her role as a Clinical Fellow at Jean Hailes for Women’s Health involves education about women’s health through a variety of media, to medical professionals and the community. Dr Davison’s current clinical interests include the management of women’s health issues including perimenopause and menopause, polycystic ovary syndrome, osteoporosis, in addition to some general endocrinology. Dr Davison is the Past-President of the Australasian Menopause Society (AMS).

Dr Wainstein is a paediatric immunologist and allergist. He is a staff specialist at Sydney Children’s Hospital and in private practice in Bondi Junction, Sydney.

Dr Wainstein completed his medical degree in South Africa in 1996 and migrated to Australia in 1999. Following 3 years of basic training in paediatrics Dr Wainstein then undertook a further 3 years of specialist training as an allergist and immunologist at Sydney Children’s Hospital. Dr Wainstein was admitted to fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) in 2005.

Dr Wainstein has extensive experience caring for children with disorders of the immune system including allergies to foods, drugs and venoms, anaphylaxis, hives, eczema, hayfever, asthma, immunodeficiency, recurrent fever syndromes and many others. His main research interests are in the area of food allergy and anaphylaxis. In 2010 Dr Wainstein completed a PhD from UNSW on the diagnosis and prediction of peanut anaphylaxis and he has authored or co-authored over 20 peer reviewed articles on various topics. He is actively involved in several national, collaborative and international research studies including cutting edge studies on immunotherapy for food allergies. In addition he is a member of the data safety monitoring board (DSMB) for several Melbourne based food oral immunotherapy studies. He also enjoys providing teaching to medical trainees, general practitioners, paediatricians and the general public.

Dr Wainstein is a Senior Conjoint Lecturer at UNSW, the past Chair of the Medical Advisory Board of Allergy and Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA) and current President of the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA). He has served as the paediatric representative on the Immunology and Allergy Joint Specialist Advisory Committee (JSAC) of the RACP. Dr Wainstein is also a member of the steering committee for the National Allergy Strategy (NAS) and is co-chair of the NAS Care Working Group. He is a past co-investigator on the NHMRC funded Centre for Food Allergy Research (CFAR) and co-founder and investigator on the Sydney Paediatric and Adult Allergy Network (SPAAN).

Professor Pete Smith is an allergist based in Southport. He is medical director of Allergy Medical, Brisbane – a primary care, allergy dedicated clinical service. Pete has research activities in food allergy, eczema, rhinitis and hypersensitivity.

He is also a Professor of Clinical Medicine at Griffith University, where he in collaboration with leading centres in Europe and North America is conducting research into molecular aspects in allergic and hypersensitive conditions. Prof Pete sits on several national and international advisory boards and is a frequent speaker at medical conferences.