Michael Falster is an Associate Professor in the Medicines Intelligence Research Program, School of Population Health, UNSW. He is a health systems researcher and epidemiologist with expertise using population data to measure variation in quality health care. Michael leads a research program investigating real-world use of cardiometabolic medicines in Australia.

Tess Moeke-Maxwell hails from the tribes Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki and Ngāti Porou. She is a Senior Research Fellow and co-director of the Te Ārai Palliative Care and End of Life Research Group at the School of Nursing, University of Auckland. Tess leads Kaupapa Māori Research projects on behalf of Te Ārai’s Kāhui advisory group to improve end-of-life, palliative care, and assisted dying experiences for Māori whānau (family, including extended family). Tess is also a member of the NZ Ministry of Health’s current Palliative Care Advisory Group. In 2022, the Royal Society of NZ awarded Tess and Te Ārai Kāhui the NZ Health Research Council’s Te Tohu Rapuora Medal for research excellence with Māori communities. She was selected as one of New Zealand’s 100 Māori Leaders as part of the Henry Rongomau Bennett Foundation Leadership Strategy based on her contributions to Indigenous end-of-life care research. Tess and her team have produced a website to support Māori whānau caregivers and New Zealand health professionals. www.teipuaronui.co.nz.