Natali Smud is an overseas-trained Medical Doctor with great interest in heath equity and an evidence-based, integrated approach to medicine. Her experience in Australia and overseas encompasses work in clinical practice and health promotion. Natali leads the development of health promotion programs and strategies tailored for CALD communities living NSW.

Kelly is a registered nurse with extensive experience in public health and communicable disease control in developing countries and Aboriginal and Torres Strait island communities. She is undertaking her PhD looking at tools to sustainable eliminate chronic hepatitis B in the Northern Territory. Co-presenting with Linda Bunn, Aboriginal Health Coordinator, Top End Health Service, Northern Territory Government

Chris Cunningham, of the Ngati Toa and Ngati Raukawa tribes of New Zealand (NZ), is Professor of Maori Health and has been Director of the Research Centre for Maori Health & Development at Massey University’s Wellington Campus since 1996. He has a strong background in both policy development and research. He is current Chair of the Hepatitis Foundation of New Zealand and has been co-Chair of the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conferences on Viral Hepatitis, held in Alice Springs in 2014 and Anchorage, Alaska in 2017. Chris is Director of two major Maori research programmes and is currently supervising 5 doctoral students, having supervised 28 PhDs and 14 post-docs to completion. His major research interests include non-communicable diseases (especially hepatitis B/C, cancer, diabetes and insulin resistance), whanau (family) health & development, ageing, longitudinal research, school-based interventions in physical activity and nutrition, and housing & health.

Chris Cunningham, of the Ngati Toa and Ngati Raukawa tribes of New Zealand (NZ), is Professor of Maori Health and has been Director of the Research Centre for Maori Health & Development at Massey University’s Wellington Campus since 1996. He has a strong background in both policy development and research. He is current Chair of the Hepatitis Foundation of New Zealand and has been co-Chair of the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conferences on Viral Hepatitis, held in Alice Springs in 2014 and Anchorage, Alaska in 2017. Chris is Director of two major Maori research programmes and is currently supervising 5 doctoral students, having supervised 28 PhDs and 14 post-docs to completion. His major research interests include non-communicable diseases (especially hepatitis B/C, cancer, diabetes and insulin resistance), whanau (family) health & development, ageing, longitudinal research, school-based interventions in physical activity and nutrition, and housing & health.