Professor Redfern is a clinician-researcher and leader in preventive cardiology, cardiac rehabilitation, digital health and physiotherapy. Her research identified evidence-practice gaps in secondary prevention of heart disease and found patients not participating in traditional cardiac rehabilitation were at the greatest risk. In pursuit of better care for more patients, she conceived and led many cohort studies and clinical trials (quantitative and qualitative evaluations) in digital health and text messaging that have influenced guidelines, systems of care and stakeholders are now focused on a more lifelong, individualised approach with emphasis on survivors who do not attend traditional programs.

Professor Rebecca Ivers is an Australian research leader in the field of public health, with a focus on injury prevention and trauma care research. She has a distinguished track record of research that has significantly advanced our understanding of the burden, prevention and care of injury across the life course. Her research has contributed substantively and substantially to reducing injury in both young and older people, and has led to better, more culturally safe trauma care in Australia and globally.

Professor Lyn Gilbert, is an internationally recognised clinician-researcher. She has made major contributions, nationally and internationally, to public health policy and infectious disease diagnosis and surveillance, through influential studies of epidemiology, infection prevention and control (IPC), and ethical implications of diseases of public health importance. She has been a member/chair of numerous NSW and Commonwealth expert committees, including the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee, advising on public health microbiology, outbreak control and IPC. Many of her trainees and students are clinical and academic leaders in Australia and overseas. She is a sought after, widely cited and respected media commentator.

Professor Joshua Burns is Professor of Paediatric Neuromuscular Rehabilitation at the University of Sydney and a world authority on the measurement and management of inherited neuropathy. As Head of the University of Sydney’s School of Health Sciences, he is in a unique position to unlock the potential of allied health clinician-researcher workforce. As Director of the NSW Paediatric Gait Analysis Service, he overcomes barriers to rational therapies of neuromuscular disorders of childhood. He is inventor of ClinicalOutcomeMeasures.org, a web-based scoring system for monitoring response to treatment, housing key clinical trial endpoints based on >1M reference values from the 1000 Norms Project.

Professor Johanna Westbrook is internationally recognised for health informatics research. She built and leads the largest health informatics evaluation research team in Australia (45 staff). Her research has extended to aged-care and her expert testimony informed the recommendations of the Aged Care Royal Commission. Her impact is reflected in publications (h-index-73, >20,500 citations) and research funding (>$70M). She is an elected Fellow of the: International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics; American College of Medical Informatics; Australasian Institute for Digital Health; and Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. In 2019 she received the NHMRC Elizabeth Blackburn Investigator Grant Award (health services research).