Assoc Prof Jessica Howell MBBS(Hons) FRACP PhD MSc (Epi) PGDip PH is a gastroenterologist and senior research fellow in the Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne/ University of Melbourne and leads the Hepatitis B research group within the Disease Elimination program at Burnet Institute.

Brendan is a PhD student and Research Assistant at Burnet Institute in Melbourne, Australia. His work focuses on the elimination of hepatitis C among gay and bisexual men and people who inject drugs; and particularly the evaluation of nurse-led and community based hepatitis C treatment.

Dr David Prince is a gastroenterologist and hepatologist with a strong interest in public health and the implementation challenges in advanced liver disease and viral hepatitis diagnosis> he is completing his PhD at USYD and remains actively involved in the SEARCH research program as well.

Dr Joan Ericka Flores is a Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, who trained at Canberra Hospital and Royal Adelaide Hospital. She is now a PhD candidate with the University of Melbourne and St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne. Her PhD is focusing on the epidemiology and surveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma in Victoria.

Claudia is a current Biomedical Science undergraduate student with an interest in public health research, infectious diseases such as hepatitis C and research on vulnerable communities within Australia.