Dylan Vella-Horne is a Master of Public Health candidate with six years of experience at Melbourne's Medically Supervised Injecting Room (MSIR). He has worked extensively in community settings and is currently a research assistant at Burnet Institute, focusing on blood-borne viruses, injecting drug use, and harm reduction initiatives.

Dr Lakhbinder Kang has been a doctor for 30 years and has specialised in Aboriginal Health for more than 14 years. Aboriginal health helped him to open his heart, find meaning and purpose, as well as a sense of belonging. Dr Kang is passionate about the holistic nature of being a General Practitioner. He has special interests in chronic disease management, continuous quality improvement (CQI) and equity in healthcare. He is dedicated in helping the next generation of doctors going forward and is committed to GP registrar supervision and final year Notre Dame student audits. His cultural background is Punjabi Sikh and has strong connections with his ancestral farming lands in India. He is grounded by his patient wife Parwinder and 2 young adult sons.

I am a Noongar man born in Perth and have been an Aboriginal Health Practitioner for 12 years.  I started my working journey in Northam which is a country town in the Wheatbelt, an 1 hour and 30mins drive east of Perth where I worked in the AMS for 5 years. Now I live in Perth and work for Derbarl Yerrigan Heath Service in the Sexual Health team.

Amy Kwon is a mathematician at the Kirby Institute, UNSW. Her research involves the development of mathematical models to understand the epidemiology of HCV and predict the impact and cost-effectiveness of interventions. She is responsible for providing the key HCV estimates for Australia's Annual Surveillance Report.

Shane is a research associate at the Kirby Institute, Sydney, whose research examines hepatitis C-related morbidity and mortality. With a background in epidemiology, Shane aims to enhance understanding of HCV's impact, particularly in marginalized populations, and explore ways to improve treatment outcomes and public health strategies.

Sid Ganesh is a doctoral candidate in Health Behavior Research at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Her research examines the role of structural vulnerability in the production and treatment of infectious diseases among people who inject drugs and patients diagnosed with injection drug use related infective endocarditis.