Dr Haley LaMonica holds a position as an Associate Professor with the Youth Mental Health and Technology Team at the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre. Her research focuses on the development of effective, clinically relevant, and culturally adapted digital solutions to improve mental health outcomes for young people.

Jess Wilson (she/her) is a PhD candidate at the Department of Social Work, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne, and a Project Officer at the School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of NSW. Her research focuses on social justice and health equity, and her PhD is exploring safe and supportive mental healthcare for gender diverse youth.

Sonali is a young person whose lived experience with mental ill-health drives her research, advocacy and volunteering efforts. She recently graduated from the Australian National University and currently works at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the University of Sydney’s Matilda Centre.

Jennifer Marino is a behavioural epidemiologist of sexual and reproductive health of women and adolescents. They co-lead research in long-term outcomes of paediatric gender-affirming care in the Australian Research Consortium for Trans Youth and Children.

Dr Ellie Robson is a passionate and ambitious early-career post-doctoral population health researcher on the Child to Adult Transition study (CATS). Dr Ellie Robsons key research interests include early life adversity and the evolution of common mental disorders across adolescence.

Kirstie Northfield is a researcher and lecturer at Charles Sturt University’s School of Psychology. Her PhD investigates who can reliably assess adolescent wellbeing, focusing on the accuracy of parents, teachers, and peers. She also teaches positive psychology, emphasizing resilience, emotional intelligence, and strengths-based approaches to youth mental health.