Sara Newton is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne currently working in the adolescent health space on the RAd Health randomised controlled trial. Her key areas of research are in sexual and reproductive health, with a particular interest in abortion and contraception access.

Nadishani Fernando is a Clinical Psychologist at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, NSW and supports the Complex Adolescent service and Consult-Liaison Psychiatry service. Nadishani is also a Winston Churchill Fellow, and completed her project in 2023, investigating international models of care in supporting young people with functional and somatic symptoms.

Rebecca is a Social Worker who has supported young people and adults in her roles as youth worker, case manager, group facilitator and alcohol and other drugs (AOD) counsellor. Now with Dovetail, she provides AOD education to professionals. Rebecca’s work has a strong focus on tobacco and novel nicotine products.

Lyndal is a Senior Leisure Therapist who has had the privilege of working with Adolescent and Young Adult patients with cancer and other serious health conditions for the past 15 years. She is passionate about advocating for their unique needs within an adult tertiary hospital environment.

Fiona has been a cancer nurse specialist for over 25 years working across both public and private health care settings. Fiona has post graduate qualifications in cancer nursing and completed a Master of Nurse Practitioner in 2022. Fiona has worked specifically in youth cancer care for over 10 years.

Natalie Shearer is an Advanced General Paediatric and Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine Trainee. She has a keen interest in the field of adolescence and is a first author to a paper published in ATCA Paediatrica titled Insights into adolescent well-being from computerised analysis of written language.