A/Prof David Colquhoun is a Clinical Cardiologist and consults at The Wesley Hospital in Brisbane. He has a particular interest in preventative cardiology, nutrition and psychosocial factors for heart disease.

Prof Baber is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at The University of Sydney and operates a specialist Gynaecology and Reproductive Endocrinology practice based on Sydney’s lower north shore. He also heads the menopause and menstrual disorders clinic at Royal North Shore Hospital. Prof Baber is a life member and Past President Australasian menopause Society as well as Past President International Menopause Society where he is also Honorary Life Member.

Professor Birrell is Clinical Professor in the Dame Roam Mitchell Research Laboratories, Department of Medicine University of Adelaide. Previously he was the Head of Cancer Services and Surgical Oncology Flinders Medical Centre and is internationally recognised for his work in hormonal regulation of the breast.

Professor Anthony Cunningham AO, FAHMS, MD, FRACP, FRCPA is an infectious diseases physician, clinical virologist and scientist. He is Director, Centre for Virus Research at The Westmead Institute for Medical Research (WIMR); Director, Australian Centre for HIV and Hepatitis Virology Research (ACH2); and Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney. Tony built up the NSW State Reference Laboratory in Virology in the mid-1980s before assuming directorship of WIMR in 1996. He was awarded Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2010 for ‘service to medicine, particularly in the field of viral research and through the development of leadership of medical and biomedical research’, and in 2015, was elected as an inaugural Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. Tony is the lead author of the ‘Vaccines for COVID-19’ paper, commissioned from the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences and is a longstanding consultant for Seqirus, Merck and GSK on vaccines in the ageing and for shingles and herpes. Since stepping down from the WIMR director role, he has continued his research on a NHMRC Senior Investigator Grant and become immersed in COVID-19 research, amongst other advisory positions including the NSW COVID Vaccines Committee.

A/Prof John Litt is a public health physician and has been the Associate Professor in the Discipline of General Practice at Flinders University.

His teaching activities focussed on coordinating the teaching of general practice and arranging placement for medical students in the Flinders University Medical Course. His major clinical and research interests are in prevention and its implementation He has over 100 refereed publications (journal articles, book and book chapters) including co authorship of the Australian General Practice Smoking Cessation Guidelines and its updates and the RACGP prevention guidelines.