Professor Andrew Lloyd is an infectious diseases physician and immunovirology researcher at the Kirby Institute. He is an NHMRC Practitioner Fellow. Over many years in conjunction with the Justice health & Forensic Mental Health Network, he has led the development of the Hepatitis Service in the NSW prisons. He was awarded an Australia Medal (AM) for this work, and for his research achievements in infectious diseases.

Dr Phillip Read is a sexual health physician and the Director of the Kirketon Road Centre in Sydney’s Kings Cross. Kirketon Road is a primary health care facility involved in the prevention treatment and care of HIV, hepatitis and STIs among people who inject drugs, sex workers and “at-risk” young people.

Kathy Clark is a member of the Cairns Hepatitis Action team and has been involved for many years in harm reduction and peer education. She has volunteered for the QLD Injectors Health Network and has recently undertaken work with Cairns Sexual Health to engage marginalised community members with Hepatitis C for testing and treatment.

Carla is the HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Coordinator for the Far Northern region from Cairns to the Torres Strait. She has worked in the blood borne virus sector for the past 16 years and is one of the key drivers of the ‘Cairns Hep C Free by 2020’ health promotion campaign.

Malcolm McDonald MBBS PhD FRACP FRCPA has worked in teaching hospitals, research institutes, regional health centres and remote communities in Australia, East Africa and Southern Pacific. He is currently Consultant Physician with three Indigenous health services in Far North Queensland and Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention, James Cook University.