Dr Marino is a behavioural epidemiologist of reproductive and sexual health of adolescents and women.

Dr Cristyn Davies (she/her) is a Senior Research Fellow in the Specialty of Child and Adolescent Health at the Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney Children’s Hospital Westmead Clinical School. She is also an adjunct in the School of Social Sciences at Western Sydney University. Cristyn is President of the Australian Association for Adolescent Health, co-convenor of the Child and Youth Health Special Interest Group of the Public Health Association of Australia, co-convenor of the Australian Professional Association for Trans Health Research Committee, and a member of the Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute at the University of Sydney. Cristyn has expertise in gender and sexuality diversity, sexual and reproductive health, vaccination for young people, and knowledge translation and implementation science. She is committed to using evidence-based research to close the gap between research and its translation into policy and practice.

Dr Katherine Klamka is a Staff Specialist Paediatrician and Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine Advanced Trainee and Clinical Lecturer affiliated with the University of Sydney. She works in the department of Adolescent Medicine at the Children's Hospital at Westmead. She works within the Complex Adolescent Clinic with Adolescents with various chronic and complex symptoms and functional impairment as well as the CICADA Adolescent Drug and Alcohol clinic.

Payton Soussa is a Clinical Psychologist in both the Complex Adolescent Clinic and Complex Pain Service at the Children's Hospital, Westmead. Payton is also embarking on her PhD on chronic pain in neurodiverse adolescents.

Melissa works as an adult educator and has a background working in mental health both as a nurse and complex case manager. However today, Melissa is not here as a professional but in her capacity as a mother and carer, to a young person living with chronic illness.

Residing in Aotearoa-NZ, Lara is a PhD student in Health Science (Nursing), a lecturer in nursing and an NZRN. Driven by a passion for youth health she is currently completing her PhD research on school nurses and their role in youth wellbeing.