Doctor Amy-Marie Gilpin is interested in the ecology of pollinators and the pollination function they provide both within agricultural and native ecosystems. Her research to date has largely focussed on identifying the pollinators of agriculturally important crops within both temperate and tropical regions of Australia and the floral resources that support healthy pollinator populations within agro-ecosystems.

Dr Ann Dadich is an Associate Professor within the Western Sydney University School of Business. She is also a registered psychologist, a full member of the Australian Psychological Society, and a Justice of the Peace in New South Wales. A/Prof. Dadich has accumulated considerable expertise in health service management, notably knowledge translation.

After receiving her PhD in Developmental Psychology and Neuroscience (Michigan State U, 1978), Best was awarded a prestigious NIH postdoctoral fellowship grant (1978-1980) to study psycholinguistics at the world-renowned Haskins Laboratories, where she was supervised by two central figures in speech perception research: Alvin Liberman and Michael Studdert-Kennedy

Doctor Cathy Kaplun is a research fellow as part of the strategic research initiative, school of Nursing and Midwifery. Her researches are focused on the interface of health and education as well as programs focused on supporting families with parental transitions, along with maternal and child health – perinatal and postnatal.