Sam Payne is the Founder and CEO of The Pink Elephants Support Network, Australia’s national early pregnancy loss charity. Based in Sydney, Pink Elephants provides early intervention peer support programs, national advocacy and awareness campaigns calling for better bereavement support for anyone impacted by early pregnancy loss or miscarriage.

Its work is underpinned by evidence and empathy, drawn from the lived experiences of hundreds of thousands of women and their families. Sam is the author of Pink Elephants’ Not Just A Loss report and the Pink Elephants Care Standards, and works with clinicians, governments and researchers to make sure every person who experiences pregnancy loss is recognised and supported.

Dr Clements gained his specialist qualifications in General Practice after training in various locations in Australia and across the world. Under the Royal Australian Air Force Graduate Medical Scheme, Dr Clements served in Australia, the Middle East and on exchange in the United Kingdom before settling in Townsville. During this time Dr Clements qualified as a Specialist Aviation Medical Officer with the RAAF and he continues in the RAAF Specialist Reserve.

After some time spent as the Director of Medical Services at Ingham Hospital Dr Clements then moved on to Townsville Hospital as the Medical Director for Health and Wellbeing Service Group. During this time Dr Clements finalised his management training and has now returned to general practice and founded Clements Medical Group with a vision to provide quality, evidence-based team care using modern technology in a family medicine environment.

Dr Clements has a keen interest in Veteran’s and Men’s Health, Chronic disease, and palliative care, supports veterans through their DVA Claims and impairment assessments and continues to conduct aviation medicals from the Townsville City practice. Dr Clements conducts and leads the rural outreach clinics to North West QLD, sometimes as the pilot, sometimes as the doctor.

Dr Emma Tippett is an infectious diseases physician, researcher, and clinical leader with a distinguished background in both patient care and scientific research. Dr. Tippett is a Clinical Research Fellow at the Burnet Institute and serves as Director of Clinic Nineteen, a specialized Long COVID clinic dedicated to advancing care for patients experiencing post-COVID conditions. Dr. Tippett holds a Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) from the University of Adelaide, a PhD in HIV Immunovirology from the Burnet Institute, and a Bachelor of Medicine from the University of Queensland and is a fellow of RACP. Throughout her career, Dr. Tippett has successfully combined clinical practice with translational research, making important contributions to infectious diseases, HIV research, COVID-19 care, and Long COVID management. She has played a key role in developing COVID-19 ambulatory care networks and is currently leading research efforts aimed at improving our understanding of Long COVID and identifying effective therapeutic strategies.

Irmina graduated as a physiotherapist from the University of Sydney in 1991. After working in Australia and the UK as a musc physio, she returned to study to become a continence physiotherapist. She completed her PhD on the assessment and management of Male Urinary Incontinence in 2011. She then took up a new challenge as Associate Professor and the professional practice convenor at The University of Canberra, Australia in 2012.

She is an active member of the International Continence Society, the Continence Foundation of Australia, and the Australian Physiotherapy Association’s Continence and Women’s Health group. Irmina is still active clinically as well as doing research. Her research areas are all things pelvic floor and continence as well as clinical education. She is also an internationally recognised pelvic health educator.

Dr Geoffrey Chan is a clinician-scientist specialising in glaucoma and cataract surgery. He graduated with Honours in Medicine from The University of Western Australia and completed glaucoma fellowships at Fremantle Hospital and Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He subsequently undertook a European Glaucoma Society Fellowship at the University of Mainz, Germany. His research focuses on lymphatic drainage pathways of the eye and their role in glaucoma surgery. Dr Chan is the Western Australian Ophthalmology Network Director of Training and a Senior Research Fellow at The University of Western Australia.

Graduating from UTAS in 1992 Bernadette spent the next 10 years working as a Psychologist for Community Mental Health Services in Tasmania (Child & Adolescent/Adult Community). Bernadette has also worked for UTAS as honorary clinical lecturer with the School of Psychology and Rural Clinical School at the Cradle Coast Campus.

Bernadette moved into private practice (Psychology Plus) in 2003 where she developed a special interest in the treatment of chronic pain and health education. In 2016, Bernadette completed her Master of Science in Medicine (Pain Management) through the University of Sydney. Aside from consulting in private practice Bernadette co-facilitates a federally funded Group Pain Management Program (OPAL) on the North West Coast of Tasmania and has done so for the past 8 years. Bernadette is also co-director of Pain Solutions a multi-disciplinary team working with compensable patients suffering chronic pain.

Bernadette is a big supporter of the Pain Revolution; she rode for the first time in 2018 and is currently a mentor for local pain educators through the local pain education program.

Dr Lena Thin is a senior gastroenterologist and IBD physician at Fiona Stanley Hospital. She leads the clinical trial unit for IBD which provides end of line therapy for multi drug failure patients. She also performs investigator-initiated research. Dr Thin performs intestinal ultrasound as an accredited intestinal ultrasound trainer with IBUS and GENIUS and performs endoscopy at Armadale Hospital.

Jenny works as a nurse continence specialist.  She has 15 years’ experience with the Victorian Spinal Cord Service, primarily across the acute ward and spinal urology, and has worked in continence care for the past three years.

Jenny has completed a postgraduate certificate in Urology and Continence. She currently works in Austin Health’s continence clinic, the National Continence Helpline, and her own private practice. She also facilitates the practical component of Continence Health Australia’s Catheterisation Skills Workshop. Jenny is passionate about person-centred care and improving outcomes for each individual, guided by their needs, goals, and functional capacity.

Dr Mitchell Creinin, M.D. is a tenured Distinguished Professor and Director of the Complex Family Planning Fellowship at the University of California, Davis. Dr Creinin has received research funding from the NIH, USAID, WHO, CDC, private foundations and industry which has enabled his continued involvement in abortion technologies and female and male contraceptive development, including medical and safety oversight of national and international trials. He has authored more than 300 peer-review papers, review articles, book chapters and books related to Family Planning and Contraception, and received the Society of Family Planning Lifetime Achievement Award in 2025.

Prof Sebastian King is a paediatric general surgeon with a subspecialty interest in colorectal conditions affecting neonates and children. He completed his PhD at The Royal Children’s Hospital, with a research focus on the motility patterns of children affected by slow transit constipation. Following completion of his paediatric surgical training at The Royal Children’s Hospital, he underwent fellowship surgical training at the prestigious Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.

Prof King’s clinical role at The Royal Children’s Hospital is focused upon children born with anorectal malformations or Hirschsprung disease, and those affected by chronic constipation and inflammatory bowel disease. He also manages general paediatric surgical conditions, including hernias, hydroceles, undescended testes, and penile pathology.

Professor Geoffrey Tofler is a Professor of Preventative Cardiology at the University of Sydney and a Senior Staff Cardiologist at Royal North Shore Hospital. He also serves as the Honorary Medical Director of the North Shore Cardiovascular Education Centre and the Management of Cardiac Failure (MACARF) Program.

Professor Tofler spent 13 years at Harvard Medical School, where he attained the rank of Associate Professor and served as Director of the Institute for Prevention of CVD at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre in Boston. His research focuses on the “triggers” of acute cardiovascular disease, such as physical exertion, emotional stress, and bereavement. He is a pioneer in the concept of Triggered Acute Risk Prevention (TARP).