Ms. Giang Vu is a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland, Australia. Her current research focus is on impacts of contextualized factors including culture and changing environment on health behaviors, in particular use of new, emerging substance, among young people.

Carmen is a PhD candidate at the National Centre Youth Substance Use Research. Her PhD investigates trend, risk factors and outcomes associated with cannabis vaping. She has an MSc in Medical Statistics and holds a NHMRC Postgraduate Research Scholarship, UQ Research Training Stipend and Research Higher Degree Top-Up Scholarship.

Dr Cheneal Puljevic is the Research Operations Manager for the Centre for Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame, and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Services Research at The University of Queensland. Her research focuses on reducing harms related to risky substance use, primarily tobacco.

Dr Janni Leung is an NHMRC Development Fellow at National Centre For Youth Substance Use Research (NCYSUR) at The University of Queensland. Many of their work involves systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and applying statistical models to epidemiological data on addiction and mental health issues to better understand their impacts on populations.

Ghea Farassania is a research junior and mental health advocate from the Research of Community Mental Health Initiative from the Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia—a research group that has been active in the advancement of Indonesian mental health and the field of mental health research.

Ms Caitlin McClure-Thomas is a research assistant at the National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research (NCYSUR). Caitlin joined NCYSUR as a research assistant in 2021 and is currently working with Dr Janni Leung on addiction and mental health projects as well as Centre activities.

Kirsten is a 4th year medical student studying at the University of Newcastle who is passionate in research focusing on addiction medicine.

Caitlin Jenkins has a first class honours degree in Chemistry in the field of analytical chemistry. Her honours work focused on the formation of acetals in e-cigarette liquids. Caitlin is continuing to expand on this research in her PhD, examining the usage, composition and toxicology of e-cigarette liquids.

Bridget Howard is a Clinical Trial Coordinator based at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at UNSW Sydney. She has a keen interest in new treatment approaches for priority populations and is currently managing a large-scale randomized controlled trial on smoking cessation for low-socioeconomic Australians.

Tianze is currently a PhD candidate researching adolescent substance use on unceded Jagera & Turrbal land at the University of Queensland. Her PhD uses social media data mining and secondary analysis of nationally representative surveys to evaluate public health policies to minimise harm in the context of youth substance use.

Renee has worked in nicotine addiction and smoking cessation for 40 years. She founded the first Smokers' Clininc in Australia, was the President of the Association of Smoking Cessation Professionals for many years. She is a clinical academic and founded and remains editor in chief ,The Journal of Smoking Cessation