Mark Stoové is Head of Public Health at the Burnet Institute and has researched the transmission and impact of blood borne viruses among key risk populations for almost 20 years. A primary focus of his work is understanding the epidemiological, behavioural and biological drivers of infections and the translation of research evidence into effective public health policy and practice.

Dr. Susan Matthews (PhD, MAACB) is Deputy Director at Flinders University International Centre for Point-of-Care (POC) Testing. Susan leads acute, chronic and infectious disease POC testing networks, providing equity of healthcare access and rapid scale-up of sustainable POC testing with the Kirby Institute, the World Health Organization and the World Organization of Family Doctors.

Esha Leyden is a Peer Harm Reduction Worker at the Queensland Injectors Health Network. They provide support and education to people on hepatitis C and the safer use of injecting drugs. They have lived experience in a custodial setting, of hepatitis C and treatment, and injecting drugs which allows them to have a strong understanding of the challenges faced by community and their ongoing needs.

Dr Marianne Martinello is an infectious diseases physician at Prince of Wales Hospital and St Vincent’s Correctional Health, and senior research fellow and NHMRC early career fellow in the Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney.