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.

Dr Briony Larance is a Prioritising Emerging Research Leaders (PERL) Fellow at University of Wollongong. Her research examines strategies to reduce the harms associated with substance use and improve engagement with effective treatments for substance use disorders.

Dr Alexandre Guerin completed his PhD at the University of Melbourne in 2021, where he investigated risk factors associated with early onset methamphetamine use. He has since joined Orygen’s Substance Use Research Group, and manages a suite of clinical trials investigating novel pharmacotherapies to treat methamphetamine use disorder in youth.

Shady Abdelsalam is a PhD student at NDRI, his thesis is examining the impact of medically supervised injecting room (MSIR) utilisation on health outcomes in people who inject drugs. Shady has a background in both dentistry and public health.