Jayashri KULKARNI commenced her appointment as Professor of Psychiatry, The Alfred and Monash University in 2002. She directs a large psychiatric research group, the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc), with approximately 150 staff and students. The Centre is dedicated to discovering new treatments, new understanding and new services for people with a range of mental illnesses.
Jayashri Kulkarni completed her MBBS degree in 1981 at Monash University and worked mainly in Emergency Medicine before deciding to specialise in Psychiatry. She became a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 1989 and was awarded a PhD from Monash University in 1997 for her thesis Women and Psychosis. Jayashri has pioneered the novel use of estrogen as a treatment for schizophrenia and is internationally acknowledged as a leader in the field of reproductive hormones and their impact on mental health. An expert in Women’s Mental Health, Jayashri was elected the President of the International Association of Women’s Mental Health, a role she commenced in 2017.

Professor John Boyages is a breast cancer specialist with over 35 years of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. He trained at the University of Sydney and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard University. He is a radiation oncologist at the ICON Cancer Centre He has published more than 180 research papers. He has established breast cancer screening, treatment and lymphoedema programs. He is the author of three Taking Control series of books for patients (www.bcpublish.com). In 2017, he was awarded an order of Australia for his work with breast cancer.

Dr Jason Chow is a Gynaecologist and Obstetrician, interested in the management of pain in the pelvis and the body. He has a longstanding interest in the promotion of health in women, providing care for endometriosis, menstrual problems, infertility, preconception and early pregnancy care, urinary incontinence, prolapse and abnormal cervical screening tests.

Dr Jessica Tattersall is an allergist and medical rhinologist. She graduated from the University of Sydney with honours in 2003. After starting out training in Otolaryngology she went on to pursue a career in allergy. Jessica is a fellow of the RACGP and holds a graduate certificate in allergic diseases from the University of Western Sydney. During her training she worked as a clinical research fellow at the John Radcliff Hospital in the Department of Otolaryngology in Oxford. She has a special interest in allergic, non- allergic and inflammatory diseases of the airway and sinuses and is actively involved in research and education in this area. Jessica is a member of the Australasian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Australian and New Zealand Rhinological Society, and the American Rhinological Society.

A/Prof Samantha Hocking is an Endocrinologist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and a Clinical Academic at the University of Sydney. A/Prof Hocking’s main research interest is precision medicine exploring how personalised medicine can both predict, prevent and improve the management of metabolic disease, particularly diabetes. In addition, she is working with fellow researchers at The Boden Institute and the CPC-RPA Clinic on projects in obesity, bariatric surgery, metabolic syndrome and diabetes and liver disease.

Dr Rosie King has worked in general practice for 10 years before specialising in sex and relationship counselling. She is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in the Sexual Health Medicine Chapter and has had over 40 years of clinical experience.

Prof Robert Booy is an Infectious Diseases Specialist and Paediatrician and Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Sydney clinical School, Children’s Hospital at Westmead. From 2005-2019, he was the Head of Clinical Research at the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) at Westmead, NSW.