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Associate Dean Māori, Department of Public Health, University of Otago
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Senior research associate, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor and Head Clinical Research Domain, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Associate professor, Australian Catholic University
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Professor Epidemiology & Equity in Public Health & Director, Institute Health Transformation, Deakin University
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Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Griffith University
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Professor in psychology, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Flinders University
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Vicki Flenady is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Mater Research Institute; Director, Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth, The University of Queensland
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Director, BehaviourWorks, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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John Thwaites is a Friend of The Conversation.
Chair, Monash Sustainable Development Institute & ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University
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Peneliti Cochrane; Associate Professor, School of Medicine dan Deputy Director, Institute of Research, Development, and Innovations, International Medical University (IMU) Malaysia
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Deputy Director, Burnet Institute, Adjunct Professor, Monash University, Burnet Institute
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Head of the Obesity and Metabolic Medicine Group in the Department of Surgery, School of Translational Medicine, Monash University
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Adjunct Professor, Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor, Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney