Dr Evangeline Mantzioris is the Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences at the University of South Australia. Evangeline has been working as an Accredited Practising Dietitian for over 25 years with experience in undergraduate and post-graduate teaching, clinical dietetics, clinical teaching and private practice. Evangeline is on the Editorial Board of the Journal, Nutrition and Dietetics and she is also an Accredited Sports Dietitian.

Evangeline completed her Doctorate in the health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids. Evangeline’s current research interests include the health effects of omega-3 fatty acids, the nutrition and environment nexus, and Mediterranean diets.

Prof O’Brien is a specialist in neurology and clinical pharmacology, with particular expertise in epilepsy and related brain diseases, including traumatic brain injury, brain tumours and neurodegenerative diseases, neuropharmacology and in-vivo imaging in animal models and humans.
He was formerly The University of Melbourne’s James Stewart Chair of Medicine and Head of the Department of Medicine at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (2008-17).
He leads a large translational research team focused on improving treatments for people with epilepsy and related brain diseases. Prof O’Brien’s research has two primary goals:
To better understand the determinants of treatment response, identify biomarkers for treatment outcomes, and develop new treatment approaches. To investigate the fundamental neurobiological basis, and inter-relationship, of the neuropsychiatric co-morbidities present in many patients with epilepsy and neurodegenerative conditions.
He has been a principal investigator in more than 100 commercially sponsored and investigator initiated trials, and is Chair of the Australian Epilepsy Clinical Trial Network (AECTN). He published more than 395 peer-reviewed original papers in leading scientific and medical journals which have been cited around 14,000 times.

Dr Sarah Wallwork is a Research Fellow in IIMPACT in Health at the University of South Australia in the field of paediatric pain. Specifically, her research aims to make a generational shift in the way young children understand pain, injury, and recovery, to reduce the development of unhelpful misconceptions about pain and to facilitate resilience and recovery in children after injury.

Sarah completed her physiotherapy training in 2010 in Adelaide, Australia, which included completing an Honours research project with Dr David Butler (noigroup) and Professor Lorimer Moseley investigating normative responses to a left/right neck rotation judgement task. In 2011 Sarah worked as a physiotherapist in an acute hospital setting as well as in private musculoskeletal practice. In 2017, Sarah completed her PhD under the supervision of Professor Lorimer Moseley (University of South Australia) and Professor Giandomenico Iannetti (University College London, UK), investigating the cognitive modulation of hte defensive hand-blink reflex. In 2017 Sarah took up a Post-doctoral Research position at the University of Canberra’s Research Institute for Sport and Exercise in Canberra, Australia, where she worked with Professor Gordon Waddington investigating somatosensory performance in elite-level athletes.

Sarah has published 27 peer-reviewed articles and has gained over $180,000 in grant funding. In 2021 she was named Field Leader in The Australian Research Magazine’s top researchers in 250 fields of research, for her work in motor imagery in athletes and dancers. Sarah’s work has been recognised through various awards and scholarships including: the Australian Bicentennial Scholarship (Kings College London; 2014), The Australian Federation of University Women South Australia – Barbara Crase Bursary (2014), Maurice de Rohan International Scholarship (2014), Ian Gould Experimental Science Grant (2014) and the NOI Travel Prize (2010). She has been invited speaker for a number of national and international conferences, and has been interviewed for parenting podcasts and publications.

Reeve McClelland is a Research Assistant at the Sydney Law School. His research focuses on regulatory frameworks and how they impact, and are informed by, innovations in law, technology, bioethics, and healthcare.

McClelland is trained in both the natural sciences and law, holding Bachelor of Science (Physiology) and Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degrees from The University of Sydney. His publications have examined issues at the intersection of these disciplines, including issues in Australian therapeutic goods law (eg the regulation of novel pharmaceuticals), medical and health practitioner law, health data privacy, and the judiciary (eg the implications of using artificial intelligence in the courts).

Practice owner, lawyer (non-practicing), and the mind behind the mAIscribe experience. Chantelle makes sure every feature is designed for real doctors, not just engineers.

Professor David Trembath is Head of Autism Research and Senior Principal Research Fellow at CliniKids, The Kids Research Institute Australia. His human rights-based research focuses on optimising the learning, participation, and wellbeing of autistic children and their families, through the development and delivery of services and supports that are safe, effective, and desirable to them.David brings to his work over 25 years as a speech pathologist in clinical, clinical-education, and university settings, and most importantly the insights children and families have shared with him over these years. In recent times, he has co-led the development and update of National Guidelines to support best practice in the delivery of services and supports to autistic people and their families across Australia. He has also co-led the development of the National Framework for assessing children’s functional strengths and support needs.

Dr Kandice Varcin (PhD, M.Psych) is a Senior Research Fellow at The Kids Research Institute Australia.Her research spans experimental research, clinical trials and policy-relevant applied research in the field of autism. Her work predominantly focuses on supporting young children and their families. She is particularly interested in the evaluation and translation of evidence-based therapies and supports for autistic children and their families. Her research aims to bridge the research-to-practice gap, so that children and families can more readily access supports that they want and that are likely to benefit them.Dr Varcin has specialist training and expertise in developmental and diagnostic assessments for very young children. Dr Varcin was involved in the development of Australia’s first National Practice Guideline for supporting autistic children and their families.

Dr Bryce Joynson is a neurodevelopmental specialist GP and author. He has expertise in neurodivergence and medicinal cannabis therapies. He combines mainstream clinical practice with integrative and functional medicine, bringing a holistic perspective to patient care.

Michelle Grattan is one of Australia’s most respected political journalists. She has been a member of the Canberra parliamentary press gallery for more than 40 years, during which time she has covered all the most significant stories in Australian politics.

She was the former editor of The Canberra Times, was Political Editor of The Age and has been with the Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Michelle currently has a dual role with an academic position at the University of Canberra and as Associate Editor (Politics) and Chief Political Correspondent at The Conversation.

In her role at the University of Canberra, Michelle is teaching, working on research projects in politics and political communication, as well as providing public commentary and strategic advice.

She is the author, co-author and editor of several books and was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2004 for her long and distinguished service to Australian journalism.

Kelly has a PhD from the University of Oxford specialising in immunology and epigenetics. She has nearly a decade of experience in global medical communications and is passionate about creating educational content that positively impacts the healthcare community.

Tina Lam is a Research Fellow at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University. She completed her PhD on alcohol and other drug use at large youth events, and her research interests include drug treatment systems, alcohol policy, and the context of risky alcohol use amongst young people.

Prof James Vickers is the Director of the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre. His research interests include neurodegenerative disease (particularly Alzheimer’s disease), traumatic brain injury, structural brain plasticity, dementia risk reduction and health services for dementia. He has a keen interest in the role of education for supporting people impacted by neurodegenerative conditions, and this has contributed to the development of the Wicking Centre’s Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as well as formal university courses related to dementia.