CI O’Halloran is the co-director of the Centre for Sport and Social Impact (CSSI. CI O’Halloran is pioneer leader in relation to use of evidence based behavioural change strategies such as motivational interviewing (MI) to increase physical activity in rehabilitation settings. CI O’Halloran is a nationally endorsed Health Psychologist and Sport and Exercise Psychologist, a member of the international recognised Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society. As a CI, CI O’Halloran has secured more than 7 million in competitive research grants.

Rebecca Wyse is a behavioural researcher who specialises in developing and evaluating digital behavioural interventions to support the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. She is an Associate Professor in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle. She is currently a research fellow with the Cancer Institute NSW and she also holds an honorary fellowship with the Heart Foundation of Australia. She has developed and evaluated digital interventions addressing a range of risk factors for asthma, obesity, cancer and cardiovascular disease. Her interventions have been adapted for different population groups, adopted in state-wide prevention plans, rolled out across the Local Health District and reached thousands of NSW school students.

Associate Professor Disler is an Australian Research Council Discovery DECRA Fellow from Monash University. Through her research, she leads improvement in access to care and models of care for people living with advanced chronic disease, particularly in rural settings. As Fellow of the American and ANZ Thoracic Societies, Convenor of the TSANZ Symptom Support and Palliative Care group, and as a Cochrane author, her work has been included in several international guidelines, including ERS, NICE UK and global GOLD strategies.

Anne Holland is Professor of Physiotherapy and Head of Respiratory Research at Monash University and Alfred Health in Melbourne, Australia. She is an NHMRC Leadership Fellow. Anne leads a research program that aims to improve the lives of people with chronic lung disease using non-pharmacological treatments. She chaired the working party that developed the ERS clinical practice guidelines on symptom management. Anne is currently the President of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand.