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Session 2C: Chronic Illness

Tracks
Track 3
Thursday, April 23, 2026
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Speaker

Ms Sarah Kilgour
Clinical Psychologist
The Children's Hospital At Westmead

The Adolescent Bladder Clinic – Improving Engagement and Outcomes in Adolescents with Urinary Incontinence

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Abstract Document (PDF)

Biography

Sarah Kilgour is a Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Adolescent Medicine at the Children's Hospital at Westmead in the Complex Adolescent Clinic and the Adolescent Bladder Clinic. She is also a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney investigating pain education and clinical care for Australian high school students.
Dr Katherine Brain
Board Director
Chronic Pain Australia

Beyond growing pains: A call to action on kids and adolescents’ chronic pain in policy and practice

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Abstract Document (PDF)

Biography

Kellie, the General Manager of Chronic Pain Australia, leads advocacy for 3.6 million Australians with chronic pain. With 14+ years in health, pharmaceuticals, government, and not-for-profits, she champions lived experience in care and policy. She initiated the Kids in Pain Survey to embed consumer voices in pain research and reform.
Mr Mahamudul Hasan
Phd Student, Indigenous Epidemiology and Health Unit, MSPGH
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne

Prediabetes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people based on Glycated Haemoglobin (HbA1c) measurement: Results from the Next Generation Youth Well-Being Study

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Abstract Document (PDF)

Biography

Mahamudul Hasan is a PhD student with the Indigenous Epidemiology and Health Unit at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne. His doctoral research focuses on the epidemiology of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes among Aboriginal young people.
Ms Rachel Ellis
Senior Social Worker
Sydney Children's Hospitals Network

Beyond Safety: Embedding Dignity of Risk in Peer Support for Young People with Chronic Illness and/or Disability

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Abstract Document (PDF)

Biography

Rachel Ellis is a social worker experienced in adolescent health, mental health, and complex care. She leads initiatives to embed equity and inclusion across health systems, with a focus on improving access, responsiveness, and youth participation in care for young people with diverse needs and lived experiences.
Dr Kelsee Shepherd
Research Officer/ Registered Nurse
FASD Service, CICADA Centre NSW, SCHN

An unmet need: FASD in youth entangled in the justice system

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Abstract Document (PDF)

Biography

Kelsee is a Research Officer and Registered Nurse at the NSW FASD Diagnostic Service, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead. With a PhD in neonatal physiology, she supports multidisciplinary FASD assessments, rural outreach, and research focused on service innovation for young people and adolescents with FASD.
Dr Lily Davidson
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The University of Sydney

Optimising a Digital Intervention for Parents, Targeting Multiple Adolescent Health Risk Behaviours: Results from Phase Two of a Multiphase Optimisation Strategy Trial

11:45 AM - 11:50 AM

Abstract Document (PDF)

Biography

Dr Davidson is a postdoctoral research fellow at University of Sydney’s Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use. Lily's current focus is optimising and evaluating ‘Health4Life Parents and Teens’, aimed at preventing onset of the ‘Big 6’ health risk behaviours for chronic disease (CIA Dr Katrina Champion).
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