Gemma has worked within health services and across large organisations in the resources, tertiary and not-for-profit sectors for the past 15 years including. She is currently an Academic in the School of Public Health, Curtin University. Gemma is the national President for AHPA, a role she has held since 2013.

Byron Minas is a Senior Project Officer at the Department of Health Western Australia. For the past nine years he has managed the surveillance of HIV notifications in WA and has prepared a number of reports on the epidemiology of HIV in the state.

Kathleen is the HIV Biomedical Prevention Research Fellow at Alfred Health. She works on a number of projects that aim to increase access to HIV prevention.

Jason is a sexual health physician and academic. His main areas of research are in economic evaluations, health preferences and epidemiology of STI/HIV control.

Dr Jacqueline Stephens (BSc(Hon) MPH PhD) is an early career researcher and postdoctoral research fellow who is interested in reducing healthcare system burdens and improving access to healthcare services. Her research has identified geographical disparity, financial insecurity, and disrupted family dynamics as factors influencing access to healthcare across Australia.