Matthew Peters is Professor of Respiratory Medicine at Macquarie University and Senior Staff Specialist at Concord Hospital and. He has served TSANZ in a number of roles including as President and also worked for an extended period with Lung Foundation Australia. He has made a particular contribution in the area of Tobacco Control.

Janet Hoek is a Professor of Public Health and Co-Director of the ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre at the University of Otago, Wellington.

Coral Gartner is a Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Queensland, Australia and the Director of the National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame and is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow. Professor Gartner’s research since 2006 has focused on tobacco and nicotine control policy and smoking cessation interventions. She is the immediate past president of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Oceania Chapter and is the Chair of the Editorial Advisory Board for Tobacco Control (BMJ Journal) and the Australian regional editor for Tobacco Prevention & Cessation. She has published over 320 academic works and contributed to numerous government inquiries and consultations on tobacco control.

Vincent So is the CEO of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) and is deeply passionate about public health, respiratory science, and medical education. His mission is to empower TSANZ members, so they can continue saving lives through clinical practice and research while building meaningful careers.

Henry Marshall, FRACP PhD, is a senior staff Thoracic Physician at The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane and Visiting Medical Officer at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Northside, Brisbane. His research, at the University of Queensland Thoracic Research Centre, aims to reduce the burden of disease caused by lung cancer by focussing on lung cancer early detection, screening and smoking cessation. Currently recruiting PhD candidates for lung cancer screening and smoking cessation research - please feel free to email me

Dr Moya Vandeleur is a Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Specialist at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne and the department research lead. Her clinical work involves children with general respiratory and sleep problems. Moya is the deputy convenor for the TSANZ Tobacco & Related Substances SIG and has a special interest in adolescent health and the health effects of vaping.