I’m Professor of Molecular and Cellular Virology at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, where I lead a group that studies influenza viruses. Before moving to Glasgow I trained as a graduate student at the University of Cambridge and as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford.

Professor Nehmat Houssami (MBBS, FAFPHM, FASBP, MPH, MEd, PhD) is Professor of Public Health, NBCF Chair in Breast Cancer Prevention and NHMRC Investigator (Leader) Fellow at the University of Sydney (Daffodil Centre).

She is a breast physician and public health physician with expertise in breast cancer, in particular population screening and breast diagnostics.

Research interests include: evaluation of new technologies; the impact of testing on clinical outcomes in breast cancer; evidence-based practice in breast diagnostics; pre-operative staging in newly diagnosed breast cancer; test accuracy; image-guided intervention; population breast screening; screening women with a personal history of breast cancer (cancer survivors); and systematic reviews.

Prof Tony Butler has worked on numerous projects in the justice health area over the past 20 years and is currently head of the Justice Health Research Program, UNSW, School of Population Health. He developed Australia’s only two national offender health data collections: the National Prison Entrants Bloodborne Virus Survey, and the Prisoner Health Information Collection. He leads studies examining psychosis and offending, the role of head injury in offending, a pharmacotherapy-based RCT (ReINVEST) for impulsive-violent offenders, an intervention (Beyond Violence) for women who use violence, and text mining police domestic violence event narratives. He co-leads the NHMRC-funded Australian Centre for Offender Health Research. More recently he has developed two teaching electives: ‘Public Health and Corrections’ aimed the nexus between health and criminology, and the ever popular ‘Inside the Criminal Mind’ course.

Dr Emaediong Akpanekpo (MBBS, MPH in Epidemiology) is an epidemiologist specialising in health and justice research. Since completing his PhD in 2025, his work has focused on the intersection of mental illness, reoffending trajectories, and treatment interventions. His methodological expertise includes recurrent event analysis, multi-state models, psychiatric epidemiology, survival analysis, and administrative data linkage.

Dr Akpanekpo co-led the statistical analysis for the ReINVEST RCT, the first trial of sertraline to reduce recidivism in violent offenders. He has led cohort studies published in Schizophrenia Research and Psychiatric Services examining how mental health treatment affects reoffending among justice-involved youth. His population-based cohort study in Australasian Psychiatry provided evidence that incarceration is associated with the onset of new mental disorders in youth with no prior psychiatric history. His BMJ Mental Health study identified increased psychiatric admissions after expiration of justice supervision, and his Journal of Criminal Justice article was the first to use multi-state models to map criminal justice transitions dynamically. His implementation science study in Justice, Opportunities, and Rehabilitation validated youth violence risk predictions across different supervision contexts.

He has published 15+ peer-reviewed articles in journals including Lancet eClinicalMedicine, BMJ Mental Health, Schizophrenia Research, Psychiatric Services, and the Journal of Criminal Justice, leading 10 as first or co-first author. He supervises medical students and Honours and Masters students, and is a peer reviewer for Australasian Psychiatry, General Psychiatry, Trauma, Violence and Abuse, BMC Public Health, and PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. He is a member of the Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association.

Lee Knight is a formally trained Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) who specialises in the field of forensic psychiatry. Currently, Lee is the Academic Program Director for the Mental Health Practice Program at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and serves as a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Mental Health.

Lee has over 20 years of experience in the field, including a significant role as the Clinical Coordinator of a large, randomised control study at UNSW from 2013 to 2023. Additionally, Lee holds leadership positions, such as Board Director and Chair of the Clinical Governance and Operations Committee for the Australian Kookaburra Kids Foundation (AKKF).

Prof Peter William Schofield is a behaviour neurologist and Conjoint Professor in Medicine and Public Health and Psychology at University of Newcastle and an adjunct professor in public health at UNSW. I have trained in epidemiology.

Rhys Mantell is a final-year PhD candidate in the School of Population Health at UNSW and a researcher within the Justice Health Research Program (JHRP). His doctoral work, undertaken as part of the NHMRC-funded ASCAPE project, focuses on co-designing and evaluating digital health tools—particularly game-based cognitive assessments (GBCAs)—for older people in restrictive environments such as prisons. His research examines how innovative digital technologies can strengthen cognitive screening and improve health outcomes for older adults involved in the justice system, with a strong emphasis on trauma-informed and culturally appropriate design, development and implementation.

Alongside his PhD, Rhys contributes to a growing program of research exploring the reintegration journeys of older people leaving Australian prisons. This includes qualitative and mixed-methods studies on health literacy, digital exclusion, and the emotional dimensions of post-release recovery. He was recently awarded a Seed Grant to lead the project Unpacking strengths-based emotional healing and trauma recovery for older Australians with a recent experience of incarceration, which investigates how older adults define and navigate emotional healing after prison—and how services can better support this process.

Rhys also contributes to the ReINVEST trial, the world’s first randomised controlled trial evaluating pharmacological interventions for men with histories of violence, where he supports qualitative research and knowledge translation.

His broader experience spans national evaluations and policy projects across ageing, mental health, and justice health sectors, including roles at Deloitte and Australian Healthcare Associates.

Rhys has a particular interest in critical realism, which he applies to examine complex social and psychological phenomena in justice health. This perspective underpins much of his qualitative work, informing analyses of the lived experiences of marginalised and underserved populations and guiding the development of practical, theory-informed insights for service design and policy reform.

Professor Pedagogos is currently the Clinical Research Lead for the @Home Division at Western Health and the Director of Medical Services at Epworth Freemasons, where she leads initiatives in patient care, translational research, and clinical innovation.

She is a practicing Nephrologist and Clinical Professor at the University of Melbourne, actively engaged in medical education and collaborative research.

She has previously held leadership roles including Head of Unit, Custodial Health at Western Health and Director of Medical Innovation at Epworth HealthCare, bringing over 30 years of experience across the medical, education, and healthcare sectors.

Richard MacIsaac is professor and director of Endocrinology and Diabetes at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and the University of Melbourne. Prior to taking up his current position he was head of diabetes at Austin Health, Melbourne. His main research interest is diabetes and its complications, especially those related to cardiovascular and kidney disease. He has published over 180 research articles. Prior to embarking in a career in medicine, he completed a PhD at the Howard Florey Institute, Melbourne where he examined the development of the foetal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and then embarked on a 2-year post doctorial fellowship at St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne examining foetal calcium metabolism. He graduated from the University of Melbourne’s Medical School in 1995 and was awarded his fellowship with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2002. Currently specific research interests are inpatient glycaemic control, defining the albuminuria and glomerular filtration rate relationship in diabetes, investigating new biomarkers for renal and vascular disease in diabetes and studying renal function in indigenous Australians.

Rhonda’s work is in public health and focused on the implementation of research outcomes. She has a strong focus on influencing systems-based change and the orientation of care to meet the needs of end-users. Her PhD was in the field of health literacy, and she co-delivers a unit in the Monash master’s program on implementation science.

Dr Sean Copson is a Perth-based specialist gynaecologist and AGES-accredited advanced laparoscopic surgeon. He completed a two-year AGES fellowship in advanced gynaecological endoscopy through King Edward Memorial Hospital, where he now works as a consultant Gynaecologist within the Endoscopy team. Dr Copson also runs a private practice in Subiaco, with a focus on complex benign gynaecological conditions including adenomyosis and endometriosis. He performs advanced laparoscopic and robotic surgery, prioritising minimally invasive techniques to enhance recovery, reduce complications and optimise cosmetic outcomes. His clinical and educational interests centre on improving the recognition and evidence-based management of adenomyosis and endometriosis and supporting GPs in women’s health care.

Samuel Cornell investigates how social media platforms and digital culture shape perceptions of risk and influence real-world behaviour. His work examines digital harm, influencer culture, and the limitations of traditional public-health communication in fast-moving online environments.

Before entering academia, Samuel Cornell trained as a Mine Clearance Diver with the Royal Navy, gaining direct, lived experience in high-stakes risk environments. This early exposure to operational risk and decision-making informs his perspective on how individuals interpret danger, respond to uncertainty, and manage competing pressures — themes that now underpin much of his research.

Samuel Cornell completed a Bachelor of Science in Physiological Science at the University of Bristol, a rigorous natural-science degree encompassing physiology, neuroscience, biochemistry, and quantitative methods. This training provided a strong empirical foundation for analysing human biology, behavioural responses, and risk.

He went on to complete a Master of Science by Research at the University of South Wales, working closely with clinicians — including GPs, cardiologists, and public-health practitioners. This experience further strengthened his ability to translate research into real-world clinical contexts.

Samuel Cornell is now a PhD Candidate in Public Health and Community Medicine at UNSW Sydney, where he studies how social media encourages and amplifies risky behaviours with health consequences. His research integrates biological, clinical, and public-health perspectives to better understand why online environments so often undermine effective risk communication.