Associate Prof James Ward has over 20 years’ experience working in Aboriginal health in Australia. He is a Pitjantjatjara and Narrunga man and Head of a program of health services, population health and prevention research at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute focused on STIs, BBVs and AOD.

Helen Henderson is a passionate SRH program manager with a background in public health. She has been working in the Asia Pacific region for the last eight years. Currently Health Systems Manager at Marie Stopes Timor-Leste, she manages a diverse program of service provision, health promotion, advocacy and provider training.

Erica Plummer is a first year PhD student with Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and the Central Clinical School of Monash University. Erica research is concerned with the vaginal microbiota in health and disease, with a focus on investigating the pathogenesis of bacterial vaginosis.

Cassandra Vujovich-Dunn is a Scientia PhD scholar and candidate at the Kirby Institute, UNSW. She holds a Masters in International Public Health from the University of Sydney. She has experience in infectious disease surveillance, qualitative research and a range of statistical analysis methods.

Angela Taft is Principal Research Fellow at the Judith Lumley Centre for mother, infant & family health research, La Trobe University. For the past 17 years she has led their competitively funded program of research on enhancing the health system’s response to family violence and planned parenthood and reproductive rights.

A/Prof Nigel Dickson worked on sexual and reproductive health epidemiology for nearly thirty years, including as director of the AIDS Epidemiology Group and principal investigator in this area in the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study. While now retired he maintains an honorary position with the University of Otago.

Bridget is a survey researcher who spent 15 years at Stats NZ designing and analysing social surveys. In 2012 she joined the Ministry of Health to work on the Health Survey. Bridget leads the analysis of the Sexual and Reproductive Health module of the 2014/15 Health Survey.

Dr Michelle Scoullar is a paediatric doctor and global health specialist. She has technical expertise in research, maternal, newborn and child health and has clinical, public health and research experience in remote Australia, Lao PDR and Papua New Guinea.