Allie Carew is a senior PhD student in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her research focuses on preventing and treating cardiometabolic diseases through epidemiological, qualitative, and patient-oriented research methods. To date, she has published over fifteen peer-reviewed articles in diabetes, cardiology, and nutrition journals. She has received several prestigious awards for her studies, including a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Award, Killam Award, Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship, Heart and Stroke Foundation Bright Red Student Research Mission Award, and a Loran Award.

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.

Prajna Vidyasagar is a clinical optometrist and researcher who graduated from QUT in 2019. Currently completing a PhD at QUT, Prajna's work focuses on identifying novel biomarkers in diabetic neuropathy, with a particular emphasis on ocular surface and corneal nerve parameters. She combines clinical expertise with innovative research to advance patient care.

Dr Sam McCormick is a medical registrar at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne. He has clinical and research interests in general endocrinology and a particular interest in comprehensive diabetes care.

Dr. Yu-Nan Huang is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Pediatrics, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital and School of Medicine, Taiwan. With a research focus on metabolic medications in obesity and diabetes, Dr. Huang has published on GLP-1 RAs medicine approaches for optimizing patient outcomes in complex treatment regimens.

Dr Joanne Anugerah is a first-year endocrinology advanced trainee who has an interest in delivering care in regional and rural Australia. She completed physician training in Wollongong NSW and is currently working in Alice Springs.

Taya Thornton is an undergraduate biomedical student at Deakin University. In Summer 2024/25 she undertook a voluntary research project with Professor Alicia Jenkins (IDF WPR Chair) and colleagues at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute related to Type 1 diabetes outcomes in the Western Pacific Region.