Dr. Alessandra Adami is currently an Associate Professor of Kinesiology at the College of Health Sciences, University of Rhode Island, in the United States. Her research focuses primarily on understanding the etiology and association of secondary clinical manifestations, like skeletal muscle dysfunction and inactivity, in people with lung diseases.

Dr Wootton is a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in the Northern Sydney Local Health District and an an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at The University of Sydney. Dr Wootton is lead investigator on an RCT investigating the effectiveness of the first Australian specific mobile pulmonary rehabilitation app.

Peter is a senior respiratory physiotherapist at Prince of Wales Hospital and a conjoint senior lecturer at UNSW. He leads the Accelerated Respiratory Care (ARC) program, focusing on early pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD patients. His research emphasises improving functional outcomes and quality of life in hospitalized patients.

Dr Anthony May is a member of the Monash University Respiratory Research Group. His research aims to improve pulmonary rehabilitation services for outpatients with chronic lung diseases. Anthony is currently the trial coordinator for an investigation into the effectiveness of remote pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD after hospital discharge.

Mary Roberts is a Clinical Nurse Consultant working for Westmead Hospital, in Sydney. Mary has a special interest in COPD, pulmonary fibrosis , pulmonary rehabilitation, and breathlessness management. Mary is an active member of the LFA and TSANZ and received a prestigious Lung Legend award from the LFA.

Dr Meera Srinivasan is a Staff Specialist in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at The Canberra Hospital. She is completing a PhD in airways physiology through the University of Sydney and the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research. Her research interests include COPD, severe asthma and pulmonary physiology.

Sarah is a Senior Physiotherapist at Royal Perth Hospital, and final year PhD candidate at Curtin University. Her thesis seeks to understand, implement and evaluate co-designed ways that optimise referral to pulmonary rehabilitation for people with COPD known to tertiary care in Perth, WA.

Arwel Jones is a research fellow at the Department of Respiratory Research@Alfred of Monash University. His research is focussed on the prevention and treatment of respiratory infections and chronic lung disease.