Jane Speight is the Foundation Director of the Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes (ACBRD), a partnership established in 2010 between Diabetes Victoria and Deakin University. She is the current Chair of the international PsychoSocial Aspects of Diabetes (PSAD) Study Group. Jane was Co-Lead of the Global Summit to End Diabetes Stigma (Jaipur, March 2026) and recently served as Co-Chair of EASD's first clinical guideline on assessment and management of diabetes distress. Based in Melbourne, she leads multidisciplinary research on psychosocial aspects of diabetes.

Dr Edith Holloway (PhD, health psychology) is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes (a partnership for better health between Diabetes Victoria and Deakin University). Edith leads a program of research focused on optimising emotional wellbeing in diabetes care, with a particular emphasis on diabetes distress, early intervention, building workforce capacity and health service translation. She is the co-developer and lead investigator of LISTEN (Low-Intensity Support To ENhance emotional wellbeing in diabetes care), an evidence-based model designed to support emotional wellbeing, and leads the MIND-MAP national research program investigating the mental health and wellbeing experiences of Australians living with diabetes. Edith's work spans intervention development, clinical trials, implementation, workforce training and health system integration, with a strong focus on translating research into sustainable models of care that improve outcomes for people with diabetes.

Professor Mette Juel Rothmann is Program Leader for Diabetes Care and User and Public Involvement at Steno Diabetes Center Odense and Senior Researcher at CIMT at Odense University Hospital and the University of Southern Denmark. A Clinical Nurse Specialist with more than 20 years of experience in diabetes and endocrinology, her research focuses on empowering people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes through digital health solutions and evidence-based interventions. She uses participatory design to engage patients, relatives, and healthcare professionals in co-creating services and technologies and serves as Principal Investigator on multiple major studies.