Associate Professor Belinda Brooks Dr Brooks is a Credentialled Diabetes Educator and Nurse Practitioner with a special interest in diabetes and its complications. She obtained an MSc and PhD through the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Sydney in 2001 and 2008, respectively. Both degrees were based on topics related to diabetes vascular complications. She has a total of 16 publications in international, peer reviewed journals.
Dr Brooks is a Clincial Associate Professor of the Sydney Nursing School, the University of Sydney. She is a member of the Australian Diabetes Educators Association, the Australian Diabetes Society and the Australian College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP). She is an Education Officer for the NSW chapter of the ACNP. Dr Brooks works at the Diabetes Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and is involved in clinical care, clinical trials, research and teaching.  Professor Glenn Gardner Glenn Gardner is Foundation Chair and Professor of Clinical Nursing at Queensland University of Technology and the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Glenn has been lead investigator on several major studies into nurse practitioner service and role development in Australia and the findings from her research have influenced legislation, education, practice and authorization for nurse practitioners.
Glenn and her team have recently been successful in another ARC Linkage grant for a national study on emergency departments and nurse practitioner service.
Glenn has published extensively from her research in national and international refereed journals and forums. Dr Gerald Kaye Graduate from Manchester University in the UK and trained in Cardiology in London and Leeds. I have an specific interest in interventional electrophysiology, ablation and devices including pacemakers, defibrillators and devices for heart failure. Mrs Judy McCrow Judy is a registered nurse who is currently working as a Research Fellow within the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology. She has extensive clinical, teaching and research experience and is in the final stages of her PhD investigating a model of education to improve nurse recognition of delirium.
Judy’s primary research interests are centered on delirium and dementia, specifically related to acute care environments. She is a member of the Gerontological Society of America, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and The American Delirium Society.  Professor Sandy Middleton Professor Sandy Middleton is the Director of the Nursing Research Institute, located at St Vincents Hospital, Sydney. She is also Director of the National Centre for Clinical Outcomes Research, an Australian Catholic University Priority Research Centre.
Professor Middleton has a particular interest in stroke and implementation research and has been successful in obtaining funding as a chief investigator on 51 grants attracting funding of over $9M.
She was the lead investigator on the recently concluded Quality in Acute Stroke Care trial.  Dr Geraldine Moses Geraldine is a doctor of clinical pharmacy with over 20 years’ experience specializing in clinical pharmacy and drug information. She is based at the Mater Public Hospital, where she manages the NPS Adverse Medicine Event Line – a national service for adverse drug reaction reporting for the general public.
She is a visiting lecturer to the University of Queensland, Bond University and QUT where she teaches into pharmacy, nursing, dentistry, optometry and medical courses. She consults to organizations such as the Department of Veterans Affairs, Australian Dental Association, the Rural Health Education Foundation, and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. She is also well-known for her appearances on radio and TV as a pharmacy spokesperson. In 2002, she was named Australian Pharmacist of the Year.  Professor Cindy Shannon A descendent of the Ngugi people from Moreton Island, Professor Shannon was appointed as the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Education) at The University of Queensland in early 2011. She is responsible for leading the implementation of the Indigenous strategy and strengthening leadership within the University in relation to Indigenous Education, as well as building links with the community. Professor Shannon is also the Director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit.
Professor Shannon previously held the position as Director of the Centre for Indigenous Health and has guided the development and implementation of Australia’s first degree level program that specifically targeted Aboriginal health workers. Professor Shannon also has an ongoing affiliation with the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health in South East Queensland.
Professor Shannon is a member of the National Health and Medical Research Council, and chairs its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Advisory Committee. She also chaired the national Indigenous Australians’ Sexual Health Committee for the period 2001-2008 and in 2008 was appointed chair of the Queensland Ministerial Advisory Committee on AIDS, Sexual Health and Hepatitis. She also participated in the 2020 Summit as a member of the group advising on a long term national health strategy.  Ms. Doris Zagdanski Doris graduated from Monash University, Melbourne in 1976 and began her professional career as a high school teacher.
Since the mid 1980’s Doris has worked almost exclusively in Funeral Service and is currently General Manager Corporate Projects with InvoCare Pty Ltd – Australasia’s largest group of funeral providers.
She wrote her first book on teenagers and grief in 1990 and has since created an identity as a well known author, educator and trainer in the field of grief awareness. With seven books now published in her name, she is sought after as a keynote speaker and regular educator for health professionals, support services, churches and community organisations.
Doris is currently serving as the state President for the Australian Funeral Directors Association, Qld Division. | 
