Jeni worked for eight years as a counsellor providing adults and children with help for chronic obesity, eating disorders and health related issues. In 2018, she completed her Bachelor of Science (Psychology) where she was supervised by Dr Amy Mullens, Health and Clinical Psychologist. She is now working towards her psychology registration.

Miss Tiffany Brooks is a registered Health Psychologist at Neaves and Menne Clinical Psychology, who is also a PhD candidate at the University of South Australia. She has previously completed a Master of Psychology (Health) at the University of Adelaide and a Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) at the University of South Australia. She has previously completed an endorsement in health psychology and has obtained provider status for cognitive processing therapy. Clinically, she predominantly sees clients with concerns related to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety, chronic health and Chronic Pain conditions. She is interested in research into the overlap between mental and physical health components. Her Honors, Masters and PhD research has centred around psychological aspects of Chronic Pelvic Pain in women.

Taryn is a health psychologist with the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Service at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in South Australia. She completed her Master of Psychology (Health) degree at the University of Adelaide in 2014, and her Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) degree at Flinders University in 2007. She has a strong interest in working with people with chronic health conditions to reduce disease burden and improve mental health. She has a special interest in the field of psychogastroenterology. Taryn has been with the IBD Service at the Royal Adelaide since September 2015, undertaking both clinical work and research. In addition, she works in private practice and at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute.

Samantha Ryan has recently completed a Bachelor of Psychology (honours) at Western Sydney University. She has completed an honours thesis under the supervision of Prof. Jane Ussher and Prof. Janette Perz at the Translational Health Research Institute regarding women's experiences of the body during the premenstrual phase of the cycle. Samantha has since received a positon as a PhD candidate at the Translational Research Health Institute and is furthering her research in women's experiences with the premenstrual body in the context of body dissatisfaction and body management behaviours.

Jodie Brown is a Clinical Psychology Registrar with over fifteen years experience working within the field of mental health across public and private, government and non-government settings, charity and for-profit organisations. She has worked across frontline and senior policy positions, as well as having extensive experience as a clinical educator in adult learning environments. Jodie has a special interest in working with vulnerable populations and in the prevention of suicide, as well as in bringing increased awareness to the experiences of carers and to the impact of traumatic stress on health and wellbeing for clients and carers alike. Jodie currently works within the headspace Youth Early Psychosis Program as a clinical educator specialising in trauma-informed practice, in private practice offering individual therapy, and as a casual academic at the University of Southern Queensland. Jodie has had work presented at international conferences and has a particular research interest within the field of trauma, both in the pathology of post-traumatic stress but also in the more healing aspects post-traumatic growth.

Katharine began her Psychology career as a research assistant on a National Medical Health and Research grant in 1980. The journey has taken her through School Psychology with the Tasmanian Education Department, Staff Counselling at the Royal Hobart Hospital, Centrelink Psychology and Learning and Development with the Department of Human Services. These government positions have been supplemented with private practice along the way. Kathy has spent the last two years working as a Team Leader, drawing on all of these experiences to improve the workplace and assist her staff in improving their health and wellbeing. Kathy studied Psychology and Education at the University of Tasmania in the 1980s, upgrading to a Master of Business Administration Professional in 2014. Kathy has been a Member of the APS and now a Fellow of the Colleges of Health and Organisational Psychology. Kathy has one child at University and one completing their year 12.

Lyndall Strazdins Dr Strazdins is an Professor at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, and Director at the Research School of Population Health, the Australian National University. She is a recognised leader in the field of work, family and child wellbeing, especially the role played by the quality of parents’ jobs and the pressures and challanges on families to combine work with caring. She leads the work and family component of the Federally funded Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, a study of 10,000 families, and has or currently serves as a scientific consultant to Government, including the ACT Health Promotion Branch, the Department of Veteran Affairs Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and the Defence forces and a consultant to the Paid Parental Leave Evaluation. She also collaborates with National NGO organisations regarding social policy for Australian families. In 2011 Strazdins was awarded an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship investigating time as a resource for health. Her research focuses on contemporary predicaments of work and care and their health and equity consequences, viewing health as inter-linked within families. More recently she has been developing theory on time as a social determinant of health and seeking to understand the significance of time as a resource, like money, which not only structures power relations and gender inequality but also peoples’ capacity to be healthy. Liana Leach Dr Leach is a research fellow in the Society, Culture and Health research stream at The National Centre for Epidemilology and Population Health (NCEPH). Her research interests include examining the impact of family and work circumstances on mental health. Her work involves the translation of mental health research for public policy and practice. Dr Leach completed an undergraduate Honours degree in Applied Psychology at The University of Canberra in 2003. Since this time, she has undertaken research projects with the Australian Demographic Social Research Institute (ADSRI) and the Centre for Mental Health Research (CMHR) at The Australian National University. Dr Leach completed her PhD at the CMHR titled 'Gender differences in depression and anxiety across the adult lifespan' in 2009. She has published her work in several high quality academic journals as well as national and international conferences. Jennifer Welsh Jenny Welsh is a PhD Candidate and Senior Research Officer and at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population health with the Research School of Population Health. She is a quantitative researcher with interest in social epidemiology and large datasets, including the HILDA Survey and the 45 and Up Study. Prior to commencing her PhD, Jenny worked on a number of projects investigating the social influences of health, including projects on time scarcity, social capital, job quality and population ageing. Jenny’s PhD investigates the role of psychological distress in generating inequalities in cardio vascular disease.