Professor Mark R. Miller is a Personal Chair of the Environment and Health (Senior Research Scientist) working in the Centre for Cardiovascular Science at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Mark’s research addresses the health effects of air pollution. A notable focus has been the biological pathways by which the particles in vehicle exhaust cause adverse effects in the cardiovascular system. His work encompasses a broad range of approaches including in vivo models of disease and controlled exposure to air pollutants in human subjects. Mark is an Editor of the journal Particle & Fibre Toxicology. He is the Outgoing Chair of the World Heart Federation Air Pollution and Climate Change Expert Group, and a member of the European Society of Cardiology Taskforce on the Environment and Sustainability. He is a member of the Scottish Government Air Quality Advisory Group and an Expert Member of the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollution (COMEAP), which advises the UK governmental Department of Health on this subject. Mark’s research findings have received extensive coverage in the national and international media, and featured in documentaries on UK television. His work was highlighted as a case study in the DEFRA (UK Government) Clean Air Strategy 2019, contributed to the 2021 World Health Organization Global Air Quality Guidelines, and the Chief Medical Officer for England’s Annual Report: Air Pollution (2022).

Georgia is a thermal and cardiovascular physiologist, recently funded by a NHMRC Emerging Leader Investigator grant. She is the Aging and Chronic disease theme lead within the Heat and Health Research Centre, a core researcher within SOLVE-CHD at the University of Sydney and forms part of the World Heart Federation Expert Group on Air Pollution and Climate Change. Her research focuses on implementing sustainable, accessible adaptation strategies to reduce heat-related health risks in vulnerable populations, particularly older adults, and those with cardiovascular disease.

Thomas Astell-Burt is the Professor of Cities and Planetary Health at the University of Sydney’s School of Architecture, Design and Planning. He is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow in nature-based solutions, a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher, and is ranked 1st out of 10,000 globally for nature and health research.

Professor Kevin Thomas is Director of the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS) at The University of Queensland, Australia. Kevin is an environmental health scientist with a particular interest in understanding the environmental exposures associated with contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) with the goal of protecting environmental and human health. His current research is focused on understanding human exposure to plastics pollution and developing mass spectrometric analytical methods for characterizing plastics and other CECs. His team is focused on better understanding how plastics cycle in the environment with the aim of reducing exposure. Other interests include assessing community-wide health status through analysing wastewater (wastewater-based epidemiology), establishing alternative approaches to exposure monitoring, for example explanted silicone prostheses and wristbands. Author of over 350 peer-reviewed papers and Associate Editor for the journal Science of the Total Environment, Kevin is a strong collaborative researcher having founded the global SCORE network on sewer biomarker analysis for community health assessment (see www.score-network.eu).

Professor in Population Studies and Global Health, Director of the Institute of Public Health and Wellbeing, University of Essex. Professor Di Cesare has interdisciplinary work experience in both academia and international organisations. Her research in population health uses and integrates concepts, data and methods from demography, epidemiology, statistics, and social science. Her work has focused on the epidemiology and public health of obesity and undernutrition, the role of early nutrition on child development, whether, and how much, changes in metabolic risk factors have contributed to the decline in cardiovascular mortality, and the extent of within and between countries inequalities in non-communicable diseases mortality and associated risk factors. She is currently a member of the Independent Expert Group of the Global Nutrition Report and member of the World Heart federation expert group for the World Heart Observatory Management.

David Lloyd is CEO of the National Heart Foundation of Australia. He serves concurrently as Vice President (Elect) and Board Member of the World Heart Federation in Geneva; as Chair of the East Timor Hearts Fund, and as a board member of Momentum Triathlon Academy.

Julie Redfern is a Professor of Public Health, a practising Physiotherapist and Director of the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare at Bond University. She has published over 250 manuscripts and 4 book chapters. She has > 15 years of experience delivering multidisciplinary and translational research and is an advocate for effective secondary prevention of CVD. Her research interest is focused on improving practice, reducing risk factors and implementing digital health innovation. Professor Redfern currently holds an NHMRC Investigator Grant (L2) and is currently CIA on NHMRC Synergy Grant (SOLVE-CHD), MRFF and NSW Health grants. She is Co-Chair of the Clinical and Preventative Cardiology Council and member of the Scientific Committee of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. She is also a member of the World Heart Federation and ACvA Science Committees.