Grace Burton-McKeich is a research assistant at the Kirby Institute, UNSW, Sydney. She has an honours degree in Health Sciences from the University of Auckland. In her career she is driven to reduce negative outcomes caused by infectious diseases among vulnerable populations.

Dr. Madeline McCrary is an infectious diseases and addiction medicine physician and Assistant Professor at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO USA. She is interested in the clinical care of patients who use drugs and innovative models improving access to Hepatitis C treatment including in pregnancy.

Dr. Joseph "Greg" Rosen is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology (Research) at Brown University and a Research Scientist at Rhode Island Hospital. His research harnesses workforce capacity-enhancement strategies and health system reconfigurations to optimize delivery of HIV and substance use services to marginalized populations globally.

Tamara Barnett is a certified practice registered nurse at Cool Aid Community Health Centre in Victoria, BC. She coordinates the internationally award winning and recognized, nurse-led hepatitis C treatment program, which includes innovative prison- and peer-led models of care. She is also a MScN student at York University.

Ash is a post-doctoral researcher at the Burnet in Melbourne, Australia. She works primarily in infectious diseases and research related to the health outcomes and drug-related harms experienced by people who inject drugs. Her pronouns are she/her.

Hannah Manley, MA is a Study Coordinator at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. She coordinates work aimed at informing a targeted public health strategy to prevent HIV and other blood borne infection transmission among PWID in Kenya. Previously she has worked on suicide risk and prevention research.

I am a third year PhD candidate at the University of Bristol, with interests in epidemiology and infectious disease modelling. I am a passionate advocate for the rights and health of people who experience disproportionately higher risk of blood-borne virus acquisition.

Jade is an antiviolence activist, organiser, and research practitioner working alongside communities impacted by state violence. Jade’s work spans public health, emergency management, and gender-based violence prevention and emphasises community-led interventions that promote harm reduction and decarceration. Jade’s practice is underpinned by lived experience of criminalisation and drug use.