Sacha is a Nurse Practitioner working in paediatric allergy in a tertiary hospital. She is also the Nurse Unit Manager for the service. She has been working in allergy for over 20 years and my interests include anaphylaxis management, food allergy and venom immunotherapy. She is also a casual tutor for the Professional Certificate in Allergy Nursing run through the University of South Australia.

Dr Anneliese Perkins consults from the Ashford Medical Centre, on site at Ashford Hospital. She provides labour and birthing options at the Ashford Hospital. Ashford Hospital is fully equipped with the highest level of private intensive care, neonatal and maternal care available in South Australia. In addition to private obstetrics, she also works as a Sonologist at Adelaide Women’s Imaging providing Specialist Medical Ultrasound services including nuchal translucency, amniocentesis, morphology and high risk fetal growth monitoring. Dr Anneliese Perkins strives to provide compassionate and professional obstetric care for women during pregnancy and childbirth, working with women and their partners to facilitate a successful and enjoyable birth process.

A/Prof Ralph Audehm is a GP of 35 years experience. An Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, University of Melbourne, Department of General practice. He has a broad interest in chronic disease management, diabetes, heart disease and transitional research. He has owned his own practice, worked for NGOs as well as in the community health sector. He believes that primary care and general practice is the key to providing better health outcomes for all Australians.

Susan is Australia’s leading expert in the area of cyber safety and was a member of Victoria Police for 27 years. She was the first Victoria Police officer appointed to a position involving cybersafety and young people. She has completed advanced training in the USA including the Protecting Children Online Certificate from Fox Valley Technical College and the ‘University Certificate in Child Safety on the Internet’ from the University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom. She has also been awarded The National Medal, the Victoria Police Service Medal – 2nd Clasp, and the National Police Medal. She provides 100’s of hours of pro bono support to parents and schools each year in relation to online issues.

Todd Scarce is a Physiotherapist with more than 15-years experience in private practice. He has a passion for the role Physiotherapists can play not only in rehabilitation from injury or surgery, but in improving the health of the Australian population. It is this passion that led to Todd’s involvement with Kieser Australia. Kieser is a network of integrated Physiotherapy and strength-training clinics, specialising in active rehabilitation and strengthening programs for all ages, conditions and pursuits. Kieser Norwood is due to open in August 2023.

Dr Payam Nikpoor is a urogynaecologist and pelvic reconstruction surgeon.
Payam started his training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Adelaide and moved to Melbourne to subspecialise in the field of urogynaecology.
During his 3 years of training in urogynaecology he worked in Mercy Hospital for Women and Monash Health.

Currently a fellow of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) and a Certified Urogynaecologist (CU), he works as a consultant in Monash Health Dandenong Hospital. In this position he runs Pelvic Floor and Perineal clinics with regular operating lists and is involved in teaching and training of junior medical staff and trainees.
In his private practice he consults at Waverley Private Hospital and Jean Hailes for women (Clayton). He has regular operating lists and urodynamic sessions at Waverley Private Hospital.

Associate Professor Daryl Cheng is a medical executive leader and digital health consultant. He is a practicing consultant paediatrician and clinical informatician at The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne (RCH) and Head of Paediatrics, Cabrini Health. He holds clinical research and educational posts as Honorary Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and Honorary Principal Fellow at the Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne.He is engaged in systems thinking, innovation and design work through appointments at the Melbourne Children’s Campus Centre for Health Analytics (CHA) and RCH Digital Innovation & EMR Team. He has a keen public health and policy interest as evidenced by previous roles with Safer Care Victoria, Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination in the Community (SAEFVIC) and Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre (MVEC).A/Prof Cheng is an active in the digital, data, technology and innovation spaces. He is the Chief Medical Officer of Magentus, a global health technology company with a focus on practice management and health informatics. He is a sought-after medical advisor and consultant for healthcare and technology startups and private sector companies on strategic projects ranging from digital health, data analytics and strategy and transformation.Outside of clinical medicine, A/Prof Cheng holds various committee and council roles at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) and is a committee member and advisor in a range of government and private sector agencies and working groups. He is a non-executive board director of Adventist Healthcare Limited (AHCL) and Tweddle Child and Family Health Service.

I obtained a Bachelor of Clinical Exercise Physiology, Masters Degree in Research, and PhD at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Brisbane. My Masters and PhD research involved investigating the role of exercise for improving health outcomes among women with breast cancer. Following my PhD, I completed a postdoctoral role within the exercise physiology and neuromuscular fatigue laboratory at the University of Lyon and University of Jean Monnet (France). Presently, as part of the ARENA research centre, I’ll be contributing to research around the beneficial effects of physical activity on health-related outcomes.