Joanne is a Professor at UNSW’s School of Social Sciences and holds a four-year Australian Research Council Future Fellowship. She leads research on young people’s substance use and sexual health, and works closely with youth, health and sector organizations to conduct meaningful social research.

Dr. Margaret Spencer is a senior lecturer in the Social Work Program at the University of Sydney and a member of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Guardianship Division). With over four decades of experience, she is a leading advocate for reproductive and sexual justice for women with intellectual disability. Her research explores disability rights, supported decision-making, and child protection. Dr. Spencer holds degrees in nursing, theology, and social work, and earned her PhD from the University of Sydney in 2007. She chairs the NSW Intellectual Disability Rights Service and serves as an advisor on international research consortia focused on parenting with disabilities.

Simon is a NHMRC Investigator fellow at the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health University of Sydney. His research focusses on sexual health among Indigenous people and health service access. He is a senior editor at the Lowitja's First Nations Health and Wellbeing Journal and in 2022, he won the NHMRC Sandra Eades Investigator Grant Award for the highest ranked applicant and in 2024 he received the Australasian Sexual Reproductive Health Leader Award.