Professor John Wark is an endocrinologist with major clinical and research interests in bone disorders spanning 30 years. He is Head of the RMH Bone and Mineral Service. Particular research interests include genetic and environmental determinants of bone health, the roles of vitamin D and calcium and the aetiology and prevention of falls. He is principal investigator in an ongoing, 15-year longitudinal study of bone health and other indices in over 2,000 female twins. Current projects include the impact of cigarette smoking on bone and its potential reversibility, and the adverse effects of antiepileptic drug therapy on falls and fracture risk.
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Claudio Soares is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, where he is also the Director of the Women’s Health Concerns Clinic. He earned his medical degree, and later, his PhD in psychoneuroendocrinology from the University of Sao Paulo Medical School in Brazil.
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Jane Peake graduated from the University of Queensland. She commenced general paediatric training at the Royal Children’s Hospital and obtained her FRACP in 1994. She went overseas to obtain training and get experience in Immunology and allergy and had Senior Registrar Posts at the Royal Victorian Infirmary in Newcastle Upon Tyne and St George’s Hospital, London. Whilst in London she completed a Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at the University of London and then went to France for 3 years to do research in primary immunodeficiency at Hopital Necker Enfants Malades in Paris, France.
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Dr Vanita Parekh is a senior staff specialist in sexual health and forensic medicine based at the Canberra Hospital. She is deputy director of the Canberra Sexual Health Centre, the medical coordinator of FAMSAC and the lead clinician of the Clinical Forensic Medicine Service.

She has a number of research interests within the areas of sexual assault and clinical forensic medicine. She holds a clinical lecturer position at the Australian National University and an honorary senior lecturer position at Monash University. Her qualifications include Fellowships of the Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine and Australian College of Legal Medicine, Masters in Forensic Medicine, Grad Cert in Higher Education, diplomas in Family planning and Venereology

David Molloy is one of Queensland’s most highly regarded gynaecologists. He has been in specialist practice for more than 20 years. He was the first gynaecologist in Queensland to train on a full time basis specifically in IVF and Infertility treatment. His interest in the use of minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery for the management of complex infertility problems broadened his interest in gynaecological surgery. He performed the first laparoscopic hysterectomies in Queensland in 1990 and has pioneered the introduction of advanced laparoscopic surgery with such conditions as endometriosis, into Queensland.
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Dan Lubman is Senior Lecturer in Addiction Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne. He heads the Substance Use Research and Recovery Focused (SURRF) Program at ORYGEN Research Centre, where he leads a clinical research team focused on investigating substance use and comorbidity in youth. This includes a number of pharmacological and psychological treatment trials in psychosis and depression, as well as neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies examining the neurobiology of addiction.
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Cathy Lincoln is a Forensic Medical Officer based on the Gold Coast and is currently Deputy Director, Clinical Forensic Medicine Unit (SER). She has provided clinical forensic medical services in South East Queensland since January 2004 and holds a senior lecturer position at Griffith University.
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Martha entered medicine from psychology and trained in the UK and Australia. She received a Doctor of medicine from Bristol University in 1996. In 2002 Martha received the Young Investigator of the Year Award: RCOG/RANZCOG
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Kim is a registered nurse and barrister-at-law practising at the private Bar in Queensland. She has extensive clinical experience in intensive and coronary care. In 2003, Kim completed her PhD which examined the impact of legislation, professional and process factors on the outcomes of disciplinary proceedings involving health professionals.
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Martin is Assistant Professor of Clinical Training in the MBBS degree in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine at Bond University. A counsellor for many years, Martin has worked in primary and secondary schools, private practice, mental health and drug and alcohol settings before commencing an academic career in 2002.
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