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Dr Bernard Hudson is a Senior Staff Specialist with the Department of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney and the Medical Director of Travel Health Advisor formerly known in Australia and New Zealand as MASTA (www.travelhealthadvisor.com.au). He is also a Senior Lecturer in Infectious Diseases at Sydney University and a Clinical Associate Professor at James Cook University in North Queensland.
Dr Gary Deed is currently National Chair RACGP Diabetes Specific Interest Group. He is a QLD GP living with diabetes with a passionate interest in promoting quality patient care of diabetes in general practice through education, development of resources including guidelines, policy development, research and strategic collaboration.
A/Prof John Litt is a General Practitioner; Public health physician and has been the Associate Professor in the Discipline of General Practice at Flinders University.

His teaching activities focussed on coordinating the teaching of general practice and arranging placement for medical students in the Flinders University Medical Course. His major clinical and research interests are in prevention and its implementation He has over 100 refereed publications (journal articles, book and book chapters) including co authorship of the Australian General Practice Smoking Cessation Guidelines and its updates and the RACGP prevention guidelines.
Prof Paul Van Buynder is a Public Health Physician and the immediate past Chairman of the Australian Immunisation Coalition. He is a Professor in the School of Medicine at Griffith University in Queensland. He has held senior public health positions in a number of Australian states, in two Canadian jurisdictions and at the Centre for Infections in the United Kingdom. He has held personal appointments on sub-committees of National Immunisation Technical Advisory Committees in three continents.He is a reviewer for over 10 journals and has over 60 refereed book chapters and articles.
Dr Wayne Warburton is a Professor of developmental psychology at Macquarie University and is also a registered psychologist. His research and scientific publications are primarily about aggressive behaviour, screen disorders and the impact of digital media on thoughts, feelings and behaviours. He is co-author of several statements by international panels of experts on topics such as media violence, sexualised media and youth violence, including for the US Supreme Court. His work has featured on Australian Story and Spotlight. Wayne has won over 25 awards for his scholarship and teaching, including the 2018 Distinguished Scientific Contribution to Media Psychology and Technology Award from the American Psychological Association.
Paediatric Dentist, Senior Lecturer and Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Dr Bernard Hudson is a Senior Staff Specialist with the Department of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney and the Medical Director of Travel Health Advisor formerly known in Australia and New Zealand as MASTA (www.travelhealthadvisor.com.au). He is also a Senior Lecturer in Infectious Diseases at Sydney University and a Clinical Associate Professor at James Cook University in North Queensland.
Dr Gary Deed is currently National Chair RACGP Diabetes Specific Interest Group. He is a QLD GP living with diabetes with a passionate interest in promoting quality patient care of diabetes in general practice through education, development of resources including guidelines, policy development, research and strategic collaboration.
A/Prof John Litt is a General Practitioner; Public health physician and has been the Associate Professor in the Discipline of General Practice at Flinders University.

His teaching activities focussed on coordinating the teaching of general practice and arranging placement for medical students in the Flinders University Medical Course. His major clinical and research interests are in prevention and its implementation He has over 100 refereed publications (journal articles, book and book chapters) including co authorship of the Australian General Practice Smoking Cessation Guidelines and its updates and the RACGP prevention guidelines.
Prof Paul Van Buynder is a Public Health Physician and the immediate past Chairman of the Australian Immunisation Coalition. He is a Professor in the School of Medicine at Griffith University in Queensland. He has held senior public health positions in a number of Australian states, in two Canadian jurisdictions and at the Centre for Infections in the United Kingdom. He has held personal appointments on sub-committees of National Immunisation Technical Advisory Committees in three continents.He is a reviewer for over 10 journals and has over 60 refereed book chapters and articles.
Dr Wayne Warburton is a Professor of developmental psychology at Macquarie University and is also a registered psychologist. His research and scientific publications are primarily about aggressive behaviour, screen disorders and the impact of digital media on thoughts, feelings and behaviours. He is co-author of several statements by international panels of experts on topics such as media violence, sexualised media and youth violence, including for the US Supreme Court. His work has featured on Australian Story and Spotlight. Wayne has won over 25 awards for his scholarship and teaching, including the 2018 Distinguished Scientific Contribution to Media Psychology and Technology Award from the American Psychological Association.
Paediatric Dentist, Senior Lecturer and Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute

Upcoming Healthed Webcast

New Brain Health Guidelines – What GPs Can Do

Tuesday 4th August, 7pm - 9pm AEST

Speaker

Scientia Prof Kaarin Anstey

Psychologist; Director, UNSW Ageing Futures Institute; ARC Laureate Fellow; Senior Principal Research Scientist, NeuRA

Scientia Prof Kaarin Anstey translates the WHO's updated 2026 dementia risk-reduction guidelines changes into concrete actions for opportunistic risk assessment and targeted advice in everyday general practice.