Brianna McCoola is the Child and Youth Clinical Network AYA Principal Project Officer, leading the optimising youth health agenda for Queensland. Brianna has 15-years clinical background in youth oncology and expertise in consumer engagement, AYA research and the development of healthcare professional education. Brianna is passionate about improving the experience of care for young people.

Hannah is a 26-year-old OT student and youth consumer with lived experience in the health sector. Hannah is particularly passionate about young people having access to a strengths-based and holistic approach to healthcare. Hannah’s areas of interest include neurodiversity affirming practice, chronic illness and the mind-body connection.

Kathan is a 25-year-old youth advocate and lived experience worker. He has living experience on complex mental health, neurodiversity, disability and chronic illness. He has partnered with many different organisations including Queensland health, headspace and Orygen, using his lived experience to improve youth services and programs.

Dr Matteo Zuccala and Dr Shannon Webb are Clinical Psychologists and Early Career Researchers from the Brolga Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital. Since completing their PhDs they have maintained clinical practice alongside continuing research leadership roles within the Child and Youth Mental Health Service.

Dr. Neisha D’Silva is Senior Staff Specialist (Endocrinology) -Mater Hospital Brisbane, Senior Lecturer -University of Queensland and member of the Statewide Diabetes Clinical Network. She was instrumental in developing/implementing/publishing the Diabetes Psychosocial Assessment Tool, its Statewide roll-out and incorporation into the National Guidelines for Disordered Eating in Type 1 Diabetes.

Bridget is an Adolescent and Young Adult Physician and Clinical Head of Kidz First Centre for Youth Health in South Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand and a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland.

Dr Ryan Nichols is currently a staff specialist within the adolescent medicine unit of the children’s hospital Westmead. His interest in enuresis stems from helping to establish a novel adolescent bladder clinic that has demonstrated substantial success in resolving refractory cases in this age group.

Ana is a researcher at the Burnet Institute working with the Young People's Health working group, particularly around sexual health and well-being implementing participatory research like co-design. Ana also explored quantitatively and qualitatively the impact of the pandemic on young people's anxiety and depression symptoms using longitudinal data from 2020-21.