Dr Rebecca Munt is a registered nurse with a PhD that explored the self-management experiences of people living with type 1 diabetes while in hospital. Rebecca currently is employed as a Senior Research Fellow in SAHMRI and is leading the implementation and evaluation of the Aboriginal Diabetes Workforce Training study. Rebecca has undertaken a number of research projects in the area of diabetes and disseminated the research findings at local, national and international conferences and in peer reviewed publications. She is a member on several committees with the peak national diabetes bodies in Australia.

Leanne Mullan is a Senior Lecturer at the Australian Catholic University (ACU). In this role she has oversight of course coordination and School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine governance, as well as responsibility for the national cohort of ACU nursing students studying chronic disease management. In addition to Leanne's academic role Leanne works clinically as a credentialled diabetes educator within a multidisciplinary primary care general practice. Leanne also provides research assistance to Deakin University as a casual Research Fellow. Leanne's current research interests are in innovative higher-education teaching methods, diabetes and breast cancer and the guided self-determination (GSD) program. Prior to Leanne's role at ACU, she worked for several years in program and project management roles within the Western Queensland Primary Health Network, Australian Diabetes Society and National Association of Diabetes Centres. She has been heavily involved in diabetes program/model of care development, diabetes service accreditation, generalist health professional diabetes education and the coordination of the expert review of NDSS resources and educational materials.

Dr Kirstine Bell is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney. She leads the Australian Type 1 Diabetes National Screening Pilot (Breakthrough T1D Australia & International, 2020-25), a national feasibility, acceptability and cost-effectiveness program to determine the optimal method for a routine, publicly-funded national screening program for type 1 diabetes for all Australian children. Her research is cited in international guidelines around the world and she co-first authored the 2022 ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guideline: Stages of type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents.