Mark Stoove is head of the Public Health Discipline at the Burnet Institute and leads research groups in HIV Prevention and Justice Health. He is an infectious diseases and behavioural epidemiologist and implementation scientist and has researched the transmission and prevention blood borne virus and sexually transmitted infection for over 20 years.

Associate Professor Graham Brown is the Research and Evaluation Director at the Centre for Social Impact, UNSW. Graham has been researching HIV health promotion for over 25 years, and currently leading projects to incorporate quality of life and social outcome measures within HIV clinical, community and peer services.

Stephen Molldrem is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in the Institute of Bioethics and Health Humanities. He is an ethnographer situated mainly in Science and Technology Studies. His research focuses on ethical and socio-technical issues related to digital public health and pathogen genomics.

Anthony K J Smith is a Scientia Ph.D. Candidate and Research Officer at the Centre for the Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney. He is a sociologist of health, gender, and sexuality with a focus on HIV prevention, surveillance, and care, and LGBTQ+ health.

Kirsty has been involved with HIV-related journalism, advocacy and policy development for over 20 years. Kirsty was the first female Chair of VAC (now Thorne Harbour Health) and has worked for AFAO and NAPWHA. She has also worked as a policy manager and CEO of an association representing health care professionals. As a consultant in the HIV sector, she has worked in strategic planning. She is committed to challenging HIV-related stigma in the community. Kirsty completed her doctoral studies in the History and Philosophy of Science.

Chris Howard has worked in the HIV sector for over 25 years and is living with HIV for 36 years. Chris is Executive Programs Manager with Queensland Positive People and is responsible for overseeing service delivery for the treatment and care services including peer navigation and case management programs