Dr Dunn attended the University of Wollongong from 1997-2000 where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) and Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology. Having completed a Certificate III in Fitness, and combined with his interests in physical activity and sport, he undertook a PhD at the University of Sydney (2002-2006), where his dissertation looked at the influence of drug use, exercise, and sexual orientation on body image concerns in men. He taught undergraduate psychology at the University of Sydney and at ACU during this time.

Dr Kirsty Short is an influenza virologist by training with extensive experience in emerging viral pathogens and pandemic preparedness. Short has now turned her expertise to working on SARS-CoV-2 and in particular the role of children in disease spread, the impact of this disease on people with diabetes and the development of new antiviral therapies.

A/Prof Margaret Arstall is the Director of Cardiology at the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NAHLN) since 2007. She is also an Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide. Margaret is an academic cardiologist and has numerous roles in research, clinical and teaching settings.

Her academic training includes medical studies and PhD with the University of Adelaide. She trained as a cardiologist at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. As a Heart Foundation Ralph Reader Overseas Research Fellow (1996-1999), an RACP JJ Billings Overseas Research Scholar (1996) and Thomas W Smith Research Scholar (1997), she was able to continue post-doctoral research at Harvard University before returning to TQEH in Adelaide as a cardiologist and clinical academic. She then accepted the role of Director of Cardiology at NALHN.

Dr David Lowinger is a leading Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Surgeon with expertise in ENT care for children and adults. He has been a longstanding VMO ENT Surgeon at Sydney Children’s Hospital, and St Luke’s Hospital, with a private practice in Bondi Junction. Dr Lowinger has authored numerous articles in national and international peer reviewed medical journals and has presented nationally and internationally. He is actively involved in ENT specialist training and medical student teaching at the University of New South Wales and frequently presents ENT update courses to General Practitioners, Paediatricians and other specialists. Dr Lowinger’s practice in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs has a referral base from all areas of NSW and has a reputation for compassionate conservative patient care, surgical expertise and outstanding service and availability to practitioners.

Dr Rowena Mobbs is Senior Lecturer, Department of Clinical Medicine at Macquarie University, subspecialist in cognitive neurology. She is a leading clinician in concussion, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and dementia services. Rowena is highly committed to the integration of multidisciplinary care and research translation within teaching and mentoring programs. Dr Mobbs champions a patient-centred approach as well as community advocacy for those living with dementia.

Professor Gayle Fischer is a clinical and academic dermatologist with an interest in paediatric and gynaecological dermatology. She is Professor of Dermatology at the Northern Clinical School of The University of Sydney and Head of the Department of Dermatology at the Royal North Shore Hospital. She currently also heads the research division of this department. She has been the chief examiner and Dean of Education of the Australasian College of Dermatologists. A/Prof Fischer is currently Head of Research at the Skin Hospital, Darlinghurst.

Research interests:
Epidemiology, Social Impact, Definition, Treatment and Pathogenesis of Chronic Vulvovaginal Candidiasis, Long term management of Vulval Lichen Sclerosus in Adults and Children Neuropathic Vulval Pain Compliance in Atopic Dermatitis Paediatric Psoriasis

Dr Murray is a paediatrician at Children’s Private Medical Group, Epworth Richmond (Lennox St consulting suites) and Blackburn Specialist Centre in Melbourne. Michaela is also a VMO at Mitcham Private Hospital.

Michael Jackson is the Polio Australia Clinical Health Educator. His spent a decade practicing physiotherapy in a multi-setting rehabilitation hospital after an eight-year career in education. He was the Centre Coordinator for Clinical Education and a Lead Therapist at his facility. In his training he assisted at the Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Centre Polio Clinic, in Downey California, and has maintained an interest in polio survivors since.

Michael delivers information on post-polio health conditions to health professionals across Australia in a workshop format, to health and medical professionals in hospitals and community clinics. He is co-author of a mid-2020 MedicSA article with rehabilitation and post-polio specialist Dr Nigel Quadros, and reviewed the content of the RACGP endorsed brochure and online GP module on Late Effects of Polio prior to their publication in 2020. In partnership with University of New England researchers, he is finalising a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effect of exercise on polio survivors.

Professor Peter Richmond is a Consultant Paediatric Immunologist and Paediatrician at Perth Children’s Hospital and is Head of the Immunology Department at the Child and Adolescent Health Service in WA. He also heads the Vaccine Trials Group within the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases at The Kids Research Institute Australia, and is Head of the Discipline of Paediatrics at the University of Western Australia Medical School. His major research interests are in the prevention of meningitis, pneumonia, respiratory infections and otitis media. He has authored over 300 scientific publications in these areas and has worked in vaccine research for over 25 years.