Susan Morgan is a Clinical Nurse Consultant at Karitane Carramar, Sydney, NSW. She graduated as a Registered Nurse at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney and gained certificates in Midwifery and Mothercraft. Over the last 29 years she has worked at Karitane. Sue’s main interest has been Perinatal Infant Mental Health having completed a master’s degree at the NSW Institute of Psychiatry. She has extensive experience working with families. She had training in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) in Florida, Oklahoma and West Virginia, USA. Currently Sue is the chair of the PCIT International Development task force and co-developer of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with Toddlers (PCIT-T).

Dr Lauren Kunde is a registered dermatologist specialising in general dermatology and pediatric dermatology.

Lauren practices privately at Paddington Dermatology and publicly at the Queensland Children’s Hospital, while holding an appointment in teledermatology at Princess Alexandra Hospital.

Lauren was educated in both Australia and the United Kingdom, mastering specific knowledge of inflammatory skin conditions while working in the UK.

Between practicing across two hospitals and a clinic and educating future doctors, Lauren spends time with her family and thoroughly enjoys being a mother to a young boy. Her responsibilities as both parent and doctor underscore a passion for educating families about sun safety and skin cancer prevention, as lives and heartbreak can be saved by establishing smart habits from a young age.

Prior to completing her training in medicine, Lauren achieved qualifications in a Bachelor of Health Science majoring in Podiatry at QUT.

Dr Yahya Minsif is an experienced Australian medical practitioner with four years of clinical expertise, currently serving within the Australian Defence Force. His work encompasses both primary care and the unique demands of military medicine, where he provides comprehensive health services to defence personnel in a dynamic and high-responsibility environment.

Beyond medicine, Dr Minsif is actively involved in community engagement, education, and public speaking. He hosts a Minsifology podcast focused on youth empowerment, civic responsibility, and health education, regularly engaging with local leaders and professionals to bring meaningful conversations to a broader audience.

Saby Saxena is the product Technical Lead at Astra health – A leading multilingual AI scribe platform designed for clinicians. Astra scribe helps doctors and healthcare professionals automate their clinical documentation, saving them one to two hours every day with a strong focus on multilingual support services across a wide range of medical disciplines.

Saby has extensive hands-on experience in building and advising on generative AI products in the Australian public sector and in major banks. Saby has worked extensively in highly regulated sectors where risk compliance and security requirements are paramount. He brings this discipline and innovative mindset to healthcare, assisting Astra health AI in delivering reliable and transformative tools to clinicians.

Tracy has more than 26 years experience in medico-legal complaint management and litigation. As a senior lawyer and member of Avant’s Advocacy, Education and Research team, she is responsible for identifying and responding to emerging medico-legal issues which impact Avant’s members. Tracy is an experienced presenter, regularly presenting at educational seminars and is actively involved in the medico-legal community in Queensland. She is a key member of the Avant team exploring issues relating to the medico-legal risks associated with AI in healthcare.

Tracy’s significant experience has been consistently recognised by her peers since 2020 to 2024 by her listing as a pre-eminent Queensland Defendant Medical Negligence Lawyer in the Doyle’s Guide. She is a director of the AEIOU Foundation and former director of the Queensland Doctors’ Health Programme.

Darran is a specialist GP by trade, but in the true spirit of generalism, he wears many hats beyond his clinical role. As a medical director, advisor, researcher, and educator, he brings a multifaceted perspective to the healthcare landscape. Passionate about digital health within primary care, Darran is particularly focused on emerging technologies and novel service delivery methods.

Currently, Darran serves as Medical Director at Healthdirect Australia, where he leads the clinical governance of its virtual GP services. He is also the deputy chair of the RACGP Digital Health and Innovation Specific Interest Group, while maintaining his clinical practice in Sydney.

Furthering his commitment to advancing healthcare, Darran is pursuing a PhD at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI). His research centers on emerging models of primary health care service delivery, with a current focus on virtual services and the impact of direct-to-consumer telehealth on traditional primary care systems.

As an educator, Darran supervises students within Macquarie University’s MD program on their GP placements and is a GP Supervisor with the RACGP. This role allows him to share his knowledge and experience with the next generation of medical professionals.

Darran’s combination of clinical practice, leadership roles, research into emerging healthcare models, and dedication to medical education provides him with a comprehensive view of the evolving healthcare landscape. This diverse experience enables him to contribute meaningfully to ongoing advancements in healthcare, particularly in the dynamic fields of digital health and primary care delivery.

Cathy Herbrand is a Professor of Medical and Family Sociology and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Reproduction Research. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the Université libre de Bruxelles which was funded by the Belgian Scientific Research Funds (FNRS). As a FNRS Postdoctoral Researcher, she was a Visiting Fellow at the Social Science, Health and Medicine Department at King’s College London and at the BIOS Research Centre at London School of Economics and Political Science, as well as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Ottawa.

Cathy is an appointed member of the Belgian Advisory Committee on Bioethics (2014-2023) and currently co-chairs the subcommittee to produce policy and ethics recommendations on surrogacy regulation in Belgium (advisory report expected to be published in June 2023). Previously, she contributed to the advisory reports on: non-invasive prenatal testing (report n°66 – 9 May 2016); male circumcision (report n°70 – 8 May 2017); sex chromosomal aneuploidies (report n°76 – 30 April 2021).

Her research interests lie in the sociological and anthropological study of new family forms, biotechnologies and genetics, with a particular focus on reproductive decision-making, multi-parenthood and gender issues. She is especially interested in exploring the interactions between new parental forms and reproductive practices and their legal regulation. Her publications appear in Bioethics, Sociology of Health and Illness, BioSocieties, Anthropology and Medicine, Journal of Medical Law and Ethics, etc. (see Publications).

Cathy has recently been awarded a large-scale ESRC Research Grant (£595K) to conduct a collaborative and interdisciplinary study on the implications of new preconception reproductive genomic testing in the UK (Feb 2023 – Jan 2026) in partnership with the Progress Educational Trust. Informed by scholarship in medical sociology with insights from science and technology studies, bioethics and political economy, this project investigates the emergence of expanded carrier screening for preconception use amongst the general population, and its social, ethical, economic and policy implications.

Cathy has also undertaken research on reproductive choices in the context of mitochondrial disorders. The aim of the research was to gain a better understanding of the interactions between scientific progress, policies and people’s lives, through the analysis of the debates surrounding mitochondrial replacement techniques under development in the UK and their impacts on families affected by mitochondrial disorders.

Cathy has previously been involved in several international and interdisciplinary collaborative research projects on cross-border surrogacy, egg donation for research and same-sex adoption, including as a co-investigator on the EDNA project: ‘Egg donation in the UK, Belgium and Spain: an interdisciplinary study, ESRC Research Grant, led by N. Hudson N. (March 2017 – Aug 2021).

Her previous work explored multi-parenthood through the study of practices and laws around gay and lesbian families in Belgium. Her publications include papers and book chapters on the legal recognition of gay and lesbian parenthood, information-sharing in gamete donation and the comparison of assisted conception laws in Belgium, Quebec and the UK.

Dr Pulle is currently working in a clinical capacity as a Senior Staff Specialist / Geriatrician at The Prince Charles Hospital. Dr Pulle’s interests include Dementia and Orthogeriatic care.Dr Pulle is a Geriatrician who has been managing patients in the Hip Fracture Unit at The Prince Charles Hospital since it’s establishment in 2010. He is member of the steering committee of the Australia New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry.Dr Pulle is also a Principal Investigator at The Prince Charles Hospital Internal Medicine and Dementia Research Unit. Over the last 15 years the Research Unit has provided evaluation, diagnosis and treatment recommendations, to patients and caregivers participating in Pharmaceutical Sponsored clinical drug trials with the most recent advances in possible new medications for various Dementia types.Dr Pulle is current Chair of Dementia Trials Australia.He is past president of the Qld Division of The Australia New Zealand Society of Geriatric Medicine and current member of the Society’s Federal Council.

Robyn Kelly is a High school teacher, married, mother of 3 now adult children. In 2019 at age 46, she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer and became a BCI patient. Joined the clinical trial for Empower SMS after active treatment in 2020. Co – presented at the launch of the BCI Empower SMS program in 2023.