Katie Anders is an Associate Professor and NHMRC Research Fellow in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. She leads applied public health research and implementation research to inform the targeting and scale-up of effective strategies for controlling dengue and other vector-borne diseases, and has research interests in the interactions between local and macro drivers of arboviral disease epidemiology and intervention effectiveness. Katie has extensive international experience in arboviral disease epidemiology and the design and implementation of field trials, including 10 years at the Monash-based World Mosquito Program establishing the evidence base for Wolbachia-based dengue control.

Carolyn Broderick is a Staff Specialist in Sport & Exercise Medicine at The Sydney Children’s Hospital Network and Associate Professor at the Heat & Health Research Centre, University of Sydney. She is Chief Medical Officer at Tennis Australia and the Australian Open and was Medical Director of the Australian Olympic Team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

In addition to her clinical role, Carolyn is actively involved in research and policy development for national and international sports organisations. She co-developed the Sports Medicine Australia (SMA) Extreme Heat Policy and was a co-author on the Lancet series on Heat & Health.

Daniel O’Brien is an Infectious Diseases Specialist. He completed his medical degree in 1990 at Melbourne University, and his Infectious Diseases in 1999 following training at the Royal Melbourne and Royal Darwin Hospitals.

Currently he is the Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at The Geelong Hospital, Geelong, Australia, is the Deputy Director of the Barwon South-West Public Health Unit and is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Victorian Infectious Diseases Service and Department of Medicine (University of Melbourne) at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

His main interests are Buruli ulcer, Mycobacterial diseases, International Health and Immigrant/refugee health. He is currently a member of the Victorian Department of Health Buruli ulcer and Tuberculosis advisory committees as well as the World Health Organisation technical working group for the drug treatment of Buruli ulcer. Over more than 25 years he has worked with health programmes in more than 30 resource-limited countries worldwide.

Paul is a General Practitioner and Addiction Medicine Specialist who has worked in Community Health in inner Melbourne for the past 25 years. He has particular interests in addiction medicine, homelessness and mental health and is a strong public advocate for care and treatment of people who use drugs. Paul was appointed to the role as the inaugural Chief Addiction Medicine Adviser for Victoria in October 2024.

Professor Leanne Robinson PhD MPHTM is a leading vector-borne diseases researcher. An NHMRC Leadership Fellow, Leanne is Program Director of Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness and Head of the Vector Borne Diseases and Tropical Public Health Group at the Burnet Institute.

Leanne is a recognised expert in malaria epidemiology and implementation research for the control and elimination of malaria and neglected tropical diseases. She is Co-Chair of the WHO Vector Control Advisory Group and serves on the TDR Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee. Her program of work is grounded in building effective and mutually beneficial partnerships, and she has worked with partners in PNG for 20 years. This includes extensive experience in engaging with communities, patients, multi-sectoral stakeholders, and policymakers to prioritise, design, and implement activities that guide the successful integration of evidence into policy and practice. 

Jenny is the lead academic for Travel Medicine Postgraduate Studies at the University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand. She enjoys the stimulation that teaching brings. Her research interests include the travel health needs of long term expatriates and expedition medicine.

She works part time in clinical travel medicine and has done so more than 20 years. She particularly enjoys expedition medicine having spent 10 summers in Antarctica, a season as a volunteer doctor at a high altitude rescue post in Nepal, two months on set in a remote village in Bougainville and doctor on treks to Kilimanjaro, China and Fiji.