Dr Lisa Raven is an Endocrinologist at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, St Vincent’s Private Hospital and St Vincent’s Clinic. Lisa is undertaking her PhD at the University of New South Wales and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, focusing on SGLT2 inhibition in heart transplant recipients.

Dr Kirstine Bell is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow at the University of Sydney, where she leads her independent research group and co-leads the Charles Perkins Centre’s Type 1 Diabetes Research Node. Dr Bell is the Principal Investigator leading the Australian Type 1 Diabetes National Screening Pilot.

Robel is a final-year PhD student at Monash University with a strong background in human nutrition. His doctoral research focuses on dietary strategies for the prevention of type 2 diabetes and related chronic diseases with strong public health implications.

John is an adult endocrinologist based at Royal Melbourne Hospital and St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research. His current research focuses on early diagnosis of type 1 diabetes and its prevention using immunotherapy. He established the Type1Screen family screening program in 2019 and in 2022 introduced in-home capillary blood autoantibody screening to ensure every Australian T1D family has access. He is working to offer testing to the broader population and continues to lead immunotherapy trials that aim to preserve beta cell function and prevent disease progression to insulin dependence.

Dr Evelyn Parr is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, at ACU. Evelyn’s research focuses on the timing of dietary and exercise interventions on skeletal muscle health, body composition and glycaemic control in people with obesity and/or type 2 diabetes.

Dr Karen Mathews is an experienced researcher with a PhD focusing on the zoonosis Q fever. She currently works with the diabetes research team led by Professor Simmons at Western Sydney University's School of Medicine, where she oversees and manages various clinical trials in diabetes research

Isha Singh works as a resident medical officer in Sydney, New South Wales. She is passionate about being involved in the care of people living with diabetes and advocating for greater sources and service availability in Western and rural New South Wales.

Dr Catherine Willis is an Advanced Trainee in Endocrinology and General Medicine, currently training at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and PathWest QE2. She is currently completing a master's in Human Nutrition at Deakin University.