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.

John is a Registered Nurse leading respiratory nursing for Hunter New England Area Health as the Clinical Nurse Consultant for Airway Disease. Significant roles are developing a multi-disciplinary approach to airway disease, developing new models of care for COPD, asthma and Pleural disease. John is a Professional Member for the NMC, a co-convener for the Thoracic Society of Australia And New Zealand Nursing Group and member of HMRI Breathing for Life.

Ms Janet Bondarenko is a senior respiratory physiotherapist and research fellow at Alfred Health and Monash University. She has extensive clinical experience in managing people with chronic lung disease and is currently completing her PhD in researching the characteristics and treatment of dysfunctional breathing in asthma.