Dr Leong is the Director of Interventional Pulmonology at Austin Health in Melbourne and Respiratory Clinical Lead in Lung Cancer. She is a senior clinical lecturer in the University of Melbourne and is a Clinician Scientist at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, and is a founder of the TRACKER lung cancer biobank. She is the Chair of the Lung Cancer Working Party for the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, and Chair of the Early NSCLC Group in the Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia. Her key interests are in optimisation of bronchoscopic lung cancer samples for translational research, and in the discovery of novel biomarkers and therapeutic approaches to overcome immunotherapy resistance.

Dr Adrian Sheen has practised in Western Sydney, NSW since 1981. He has spent over 10 years designing the WIDDLEOMETER®, the Urinary Flow Screening Device for men 50+.
He is an Australian Family Doctor who has practised in Western Sydney, NSW since 1981. He has spent over 10 years designing the WIDDLEOMETER®, the Urinary Flow Screening Device for men 50+.
Dr Sheen is a Lecturer in General Practice at the University of Sydney and is actively involved in medical education both as a tutor and examiner. He regularly undertakes volunteer work promoting primary care in Fiji.
“Doctors Action” was founded by Dr Sheen to support the ability of everyone to have a family doctor.
In 2017, Dr Sheen launched mICE HEALTH, an iPhone medical record app for the ‘Australian Health System’. The app can be downloaded from the App Store. He also promotes the use of magic in rehabilitation through David Copperfield’s “Project Magic”.
AWARDS: ORDER OF AUSTRALIA MEDAL for services to medicine PAUL HARRIS FELLOW – Rotary award BRUCE SHEPHERD MEDAL for services to medicine

David is a solicitor who operates a law firm that focuses on providing support to practitioners who are the subject of complaints to AHPRA and other regulators. David previously worked for AHPRA as an investigator and manager of investigation teams. He has seen firsthand the impact of the complaints process on practitioners. David has recently launched a new education platform, AHPD, which is focused on providing high-quality, non-clinical CPD to help practitioners better understand their professional obligations and risks.

Michael Hewson, a community Pharmacist with over 14 years of experience across WA. As a PSA WA Branch Committee member and MMR credentialed pharmacist at Derbarl Yerrigan, Michael is passionate about strengthening gender-affirming care and tackling harmful misinformation.

Philippa Cotter is a Physiotherapist who has worked in First Nations health in the Northern Territory, Australia for nearly 3 decades. She established the physiotherapy service at the Aboriginal community controlled Danila Dilba Health Service in 2013 and now leads the Allied Health team.
She was also the Clinician Consultant for the development of the Strong Lungs website, providing resources for First Nations Australians with chronic lung sickness.
Philippa was a founding member of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Committee of the Australian Physiotherapy Association and its inaugural chair.

Dr Herrero is a scientifically and medically trained principal Research Fellow, studying the pathobiology of emerging viruses of clinical importance.

Dr Robert Hungerford is a GP Supervisor with a special interest in Heart Failure, ASCVD and Diabetes. In 2003 Dr Robert Hungerford commenced a Bachelor of Medical Science at the University of Sydney before moving to the Hunter and completing his Bachelor of Medicine at the University of Newcastle, receiving the Steele Douglas Prize in pathology. In 2011 he joined the RACGP training program and worked in a number of large teaching hospitals and practices across the Hunter New England Health network. Upon fellowship in 2014 he was awarded the Tony Buhagiar Medal for his performance in the RACGP examinations and has also completed the Certificate of Excellence in Lipidology through the European Atherosclerosis Society. He continues to work in a large urban practice in Newcastle, a rapid access GP clinic at the John Hunter hospital, is a conjoint lecturer at the University of Newcastle and is on the clinical council of the Australian Atherosclerosis Society. He has been a member of a number of national advisory boards, the European atherosclerosis society, the European society of cardiology, the American College of Cardiology and is a regular presenter/educator at a national level in the areas of Heart Failure and ASCVD.

Dr Marilla Druitt is an obstetrician and gynaecologist who works in Geelong in the public and private systems and is a RANZCOG/AGES level 5-6 accredited surgeon. She is interested in the mind-body connection in pelvic pain, part of an interdisciplinary persistent pelvic pain clinic at Geelong Hospital. She is a RANZCOG councillor, helped write the national Endometriosis Guideline, does research with Australasian Interdisciplinary Researchers in Endometriosis (AIRE), and Deakin University. She is also part of a Bellarine wide clinician network caring for trans and gender diverse patients. Current research includes the Happi study – CBT & yoga for pelvic pain, an e-hypnotherapy trial for pelvic pain, an endometriosis education course, a cannabis trial and a planned porphyria study for patients. Marilla is the current president of Pelvic Pain Victoria, is involved in the Victorian state government redesign of gynae outpatient clinics in the public system, and is the gynaecologist on the Victorian’s Women’s Pain Inquiry.

I am a psychologist specialising in behavioural medicine. I develop and test psychological interventions to support people living with chronic conditions such as Crohn’s disease, endometriosis and cancer.

Associate Professor Evans studies psychological and mind-body interventions to improve the quality of life of people living with chronic illness and pain. She received specialist training from the National Institutes of Health to conduct research in clinical trials of mind-body medicine. Dr Evans completed her PhD at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and her post-doctoral work at Brunel University in West London, and the University of California, Los Angeles. She now leads the Mind-Body Research in Health (MiRth) Lab in the School of Psychology at Deakin University.

Professor Henry Brodaty AO MB BS MD DSc FRACP FRANZCP is Scientia Professor of Ageing and Mental Health, University of New South Wales; Consultant Psychogeriatrician, Aged Care Psychiatry and Head of the Memory Disorders Clinic, Prince of Wales Hospital. He is the Director of the Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration (Assessment and Better Care) and Co-Director of the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing at UNSW.
Henry is currently President of International Psychogeriatric Association. He has served on several New South Wales and Commonwealth committees related to ageing and dementia. Henry is also the past chairman of Alzheimer’s Disease International, representing over 75 national Alzheimer Associations and past president of Alzheimer’s Australia and Alzheimer’s Australia (NSW);
Publishing over 400 papers and book chapters, Henry is on the editorial board of several journals and has been the recipient of a number of awards.
Henry’s lifetime achievements have been recognised with the award of AO.

Myfanwy Graham (M.Pharm, MPS) is an NHMRC Postgraduate Scholar and Monash Research Excellence Scholar at the Monash Addiction Research Centre in Melbourne, Fulbright Scholar Alumna in Public Health Policy (medicinal cannabis) and USC Schaeffer Institute Scholar, USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service, University of Southern California. Myfanwy has been a registered pharmacist for over 17 years. Her research focuses on the impact of drug policy on public health outcomes, the translation of research findings into clinical practice settings, and the use of real-world data to inform future policy decisions. She has completed consultancy work for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the World Health Organization and the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Prior to the award of a prestigious Fulbright Scholar role, Myfanwy was an Associate Investigator of the NHMRC-funded Australian Centre for Cannabinoid Clinical and Research Excellence (ACRE), was the Principal Medicines Information Pharmacist of a state government-funded medicinal cannabis advisory service (2018-2022) and developed state government-funded medicinal cannabis prescribing guidance documents.