Jori Etuale is a social worker and visual artist who has worked in various community and health settings with marginalized groups. His practice is informed by anti-oppressive, intersectional feminist and decolonizing frameworks that center relationship and community. Over the past 8 years, Jori has worked with young people whose lives have been impacted by different systems and structures, and has become interested in not only using harm reduction as a framework to protect the rights and health of young people who use drugs, but as a means of empowerment and resistance to harms from mandatory system involvement.

Damian is a dietitian with a strong interest in research and public health. He is a member of the Diabetes Across the Lifecourse Northern Australia Partnership at Menzies School of Health Research which focuses on breaking the integrational cycle of type 2 diabetes experienced by First Nations Australians.

KH is a Paediatrican and Adolescent Physician with a PhD in Adolescent Refugee Health. She holds clinical positions across Perth Children's Hospital (Infectious Diseases, Refugee Health) and Fiona Stanley Hospital (Paediatrics), and is a Post-Doctoral researcher at Telethon Kids Institute. She has extensive global health experience, including within Refugee Health.

Erin de Villiers is a final year medical student at The University of Sydney, with a Bachelor of Biomedicine from The University of Melbourne. She has a strong interest in AYA Medicine and Sexual Health. Her MD project was completed in collaboration with the team at WSLHD Youth Health.

Stuart Kinner is Head of the Justice Health Group spanning Curtin University and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. He has produced >300 publications and attracted almost $30 million in research funding. Stuart Chairs the National Youth Justice Health Advisory Group, and serves on the WHO Health in Prisons Programme Steering Group.

Kate (Gooreng Gooreng and Yuggera woman) is a PhD candidate researching cultural identity and connection for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care at the University of Queensland (UQ). Kate is a Lecturer at UQ, fostering culturally safe and responsive practice in future healthcare and human services professionals.

Sophie Marshall is an Intensive Outreach Worker at Mater Clarence Street’s X-Tend Outreach Program. She has over five years of experience working at Non-Government Organisations with vulnerable young people in various case management and youth work roles. Sophie is a passionate advocate for young people engaged in the legal system and is focused on understanding their psycho-social context with an Alcohol and Other Drugs lens.