Dr Louisa Smith 

Louisa Smith (she/her) is Senior Lecturer in Disability and Inclusion at Deakin University. Louisa is a qualitative social researcher in disability, dementia and complex support needs. She has a particular interest in research that actively develops supports for those who are most socially isolated, including people with disabilities and/or dementia who are LGBTQ+, live in large residential accommodation or are from refugee backgrounds. Crossing the disciplines of sociology, disability, dementia and policy studies, Louisa’s research has a particular focus on inclusive and participatory methodologies. Louisa’s current program of research focusses on Participatory Action Research approaches to co-develop and co-design resources to support people with disabilities and dementia and complex support needs. An example of such work with people with dementia is documented in this short video.  In the last 5 years Louisa has received over $2.5 million of grants, including as Chief Investigator on a Medical Research Futures Fund grant on models of care for LGBTQ+ people living with dementia.

 Alex Dalton 

Alex Dalton (he/him) is a Peer Researcher and Consumer Coordinator at Orygen working on the 'Whole of Self Affirming Care' project. He is also the Research and Evaluation Officer for Orygen's Trans and Gender Diverse Service. 

Professor Adam Bourne 

Dr Adam Bourne is Professor of Public Health and Director of the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society and La Trobe University. He leads a large program of research relating to the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQ+ communities, with a particular emphasis on mental health, family violence and alcohol and other drug use. He is Co-Chair of the Victorian Whole of Government LGBTIQ+ Ministerial Taskforce and is a member of the Commonwealth LGBTIQA+ Health and Wellbeing Action Plan Expert Advisory Group.

Dr Morgan Carpenter 

Morgan Carpenter is Associate Professor and bioethicist at Sydney Health Ethics in the University of Sydney School of Public Health, where he also received his PhD in bioethics. He leads a $5 million Medical Research Future Fund project with Canberra Health Services, Intersex Human Rights Australia, and other universities, research and community organisations around the country. He is also the part-time Executive Director of Intersex Human Rights Australia, a national charity by and for people with innate variations of sex characteristics. An intersex human rights defender with lived experience, his particular interest within the intersex movement is to build community, and coherent, ethical and effective infrastructure — including regulation, norms, and community-owned organisations. He is also a member of the Australian Capital Territory's new Restricted Medical Treatment Assessment Board. He is also a reference or advisory group member for the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra Health Services VSC Psychosocial Support Unit, and New South Wales Health. In 2013, he designed and gave freely the intersex flag.

Dr Kenneth Pang 

Ken Pang is a paediatrician at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, where he works to help support transgender young people and their families. He is also an Associate Professor (Honorary) at the University of Melbourne and leads the multidisciplinary Transgender Health research group at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Ken’s research encompasses various aspects pertaining to the mental, physical, and reproductive health of transgender children and adolescents. In the past 5 years, he has published >40 articles in trans health in leading journals such as JAMA Pediatrics, BMJ, Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, and Pediatrics.

Professor Damien Riggs 

Damien Riggs is a professor in the College of Education, Psychology, and Social Work at Flinders University. 

He is the author of over 200 publications on gender, family, and wellbeing.

Dr Rosalie Power

Dr Rosalie Power is a Research Fellow with the Translational Health Research Institute (THRI), Western Sydney University.  Rosalie’s research focuses on marginalized population health, specialising in sexual health, disability and LGBTQA+ health and using arts-based, mixed-methods, and co-creation approaches.  Rosalie’s research draws on 15+ years of professional experience in the disability and sexual health sectors in Australia and low-and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Rosalie leads the Across the Margins project, researching the sexual health of LGBTQA+ people with disability to co-design a model for sexual healthcare.