Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Dr. Moira Rushton is a medical oncologist and health researcher based in Ottawa Ontario. She is an assistant professor at the University of Ottawa and clinician investigator at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. She completed Medical Oncology training in 2018 in Ottawa, then went on to complete a Master of Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley, and a research fellowship in clinical trials at the Canadian Cancer Trials Group in the investigational new drug program. She joined the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre in 2020. She treats breast cancer, upper GI cancers and is part of the phase I clinical trials group. Research interests include quality improvement, health systems optimalization and cardio-oncology.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis Engineering professor and researcher with > 120 peer reviewed publications in materials science, biomechanics, biomaterials, and tissue engineering. Currently pursuing a certificate in science writing at Johns Hopkins in addition to my "day job" and working on a book contracted to MIT press.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison Dr. Skala's lab at the Morgridge Institute for Research develops biomedical optical imaging technologies for cancer research, cell therapy, and immunology. Current projects focus on tumor immunology and immunotherapy, cell-level metabolic heterogeneity, and cell-cell interactions. Collaborative projects leverage these unique photonics-based tools for clinical problems, including quality control in T cell and stem cell therapies, designing personalized treatment plans for cancer patients, monitoring diseases in the eye, discovering new therapies for a range of diseases, and many others. Projects are highly diverse and range from translational research to hypothesis-driven questions to algorithm / instrumentation development.
Group Leader, LGBTQ+ Population Health Research Group, and Research Fellow, HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Program, Kirby Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney Mo is the Group Leader for the LGBTQ+ Population Health Research Group. Situated within the HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Program at the Kirby Institute, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney, his program conducts research that addresses the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ individuals and communities in Australia. Mo's interdisciplinary team focuses on new and emerging infectious diseases, sexual health, mental health, substance use, and health policy that affect LGBTQ+ communities. Mo is also a Research Fellow within the HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Program at the Kirby Institute, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney. His lead authored publications were used to inform an update to the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM) PrEP Guidelines, and cited by the World Health Organization, the United Nation, the Australian Governments Ministry of Health Eights National HIV Strategy, NSW Ministry of Health HIV Strategy, and two NGO strategies on mental health and illicit drug use.
Lecturer, University of South Australia Maria Vieira is a Lecturer in Education Futures and PhD Candidate in STEM at the University of South Australia. She coordinates gender equity programs in the Outreach team involving more than 500 schoolgirls in South Australia and Victoria. She is passionate about delivering innovative education experiences that cultivate creativity, critical thinking, and communication skills in STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths - to educate and inspire females in this field.
PhD student, ANU School of Medicine and Psychology, Australian National University Monica is an experienced Midwife and Nurse who has worked within a number of midwifery models of care both in Australia and the UK over the last 40 years. Following Midwifery training in Scotland in 1991, Monica has gained post graduate qualifications including a Graduate Diploma and Master of Midwifery. She has also completed Prescribing for Midwives and is accredited as an Endorsed Midwife. She has been a IBCLC Lactation Consultant for 24 years, an inaugural Director and now Honorary Life Member of Lactation Consultants Australia and New Zealand (LCANZ). She was on the board of Australian Society of Tongue and Lip Tie (ASTLiT) and past president of ACTLACT. Monica works part-time as a Clinical Midwifery Educator and a practitioner in the Tongue Tie clinic for Canberra Health Services. She also has a private practice providing midwifery and lactation care for mothers and babies. Monica has been working in roles supporting mothers and babies with tongue tie since 1999 and was a principal investigator in the first RCT on tongue tie. Currently Monica is undertaking her PhD in tongue tie research at the Australian National University.
