A/Prof Catherine O’Connor is a Sexual Health Physician working in Australia and the Pacific Islands. She is the incoming Chairperson of IUSTI-Asia Pacific, a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Kirby Institute and Chairperson of the RACP College Council. For the last 5 years she has worked as the UNDP HIV medical specialist for Pacific Island nations -most recently in association with ASHM.

Dr Rachel Devi, Head of Family Health Unit, Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Fiji. As a public health specialist in Fiji, I graduated from the Fiji School of Medicine in 2007 with an MBBS and, in 2017, from the University of Sydney with a master’s in international public health. I am currently pursing my PhD at the University of New South Wales. I have worked in various roles within the Ministry of Health for the past 17 years and in my current position for the past three years.

Monica Lahra is a Senior Staff Specialist Microbiologist NSW Health Pathology, and Conjoint Professor at UNSW. Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for STI and AMR, she leads a team responsible for surveillance of pathogenic Neisseria spp. nationally and internationally and works with the WHO and partner CCs on the enhanced gonococcal surveillance programme.

Dr. Meiping Ye, a key member of the STD clinic at Xinhua Hospital, has 6 years of clinical, teaching, and research experience. Her research focuses on the pathogenesis of syphilis and antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. She received several grants from National Natural Science Foundation and published 34 papers.

Dr Rayner Kay Jin TAN’s research interests include the social determinants of health, community engagement, implementation science, and health equity of vulnerable communities. He is president of Project X Society serving the needs of sex workers, and Director at The Greenhouse, a charity providing substance use recovery services for marginalized groups.