Credentials: RN, MIPH Kindness Bondezi is a Clinical Nurse Consultant at Storr Liver Centre, Westmead Hospital and currently leads the nursing team that is involved in many nurse led models of care that advocate for patient centre approaches to liver health across Western Sydney Local Health District.

Julie is an ‘essential NPC’ and outreach clinician within a peer-based harm-reduction service, providing BBV, sexual health and opportunistic primary care across metropolitan and regional communities. Her work centres on care that adapts to people, not people to systems, driven by a passion for equity and questionable amounts of coffee.

As a lived-experience peer worker at PBHRWA for ten years, Peta has designed and implemented peer-education projects and worked in mobile health clinics. Currently, Peta’s main role is Overdose Prevention, however she continues to work in peer-education, delivers workforce development training to other agencies and guest lectures to universities.

Kyle is a Programs Manager at Hepatitis NSW and has been working in the blood borne virus sector for well over a decade focusing on hepatitis B, peer programs, and innovative outreach testing models. He is passionate about equitable healthcare, meeting people where they’re at, and meaningful community engagement.

Orlaith is a GP working at The Deen Clinic, Hepatitis WA. She has a strong focus on viral hepatitis and supporting marginalised populations with a focus on primary care. She is committed to delivering compassionate, evidence-based healthcare, and improving access to screening and treatment, and advocating for equitable health outcomes. She is an avid beekeeper.

Chris Wallis is a Nurse Practitioner with Hepatitis Australia and West Moreton Prison Health Services (South East QLD). He is currently working on a 12-month pilot project to deliver a nurse-led, telehealth service for rapid access to Hep C treatments across Australia, which aims to remove structural barriers and tackle stigma for people living with Hep C.

Professor Jessica Howell MBBS(Hons) FRACP PhD MSc(Epi) PGDip(PH) FGESA is a gastroenterologist/ hepatologist, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow and Head of the Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer research group in the Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne/ University of Melbourne and Burnet Institute. She is also Chair, Gastroenterology Society of Australia (GESA) Liver Faculty (2023-2027). She combines clinical, basic science and public health expertise in translational research projects in liver cancer and viral hepatitis, focused on marginalized populations. She currently leads several multi-centre studies in liver disease epidemiology, rapid point-of-care diagnostics and biomarker development in viral hepatitis and liver cancer.

Rebecca is a public health researcher and Deputy Head of Justice Health at Burnet Institute. Her work focuses on improving health outcomes for people involved in the criminal legal system, particularly at the intersection of alcohol and other drug use, infectious diseases and health systems reform. She leads and collaborates on major national studies focused on hepatitis C elimination, prison health and transitional care, with a strong emphasis on equity, lived experience and real-world implementation.