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Dr Lee-Archer is a consultant paediatric anaesthetist and early career researcher. He works as a staff specialist at the Queensland Children’s Hospital where he is head of research. He is the Queensland representative on the SPANZA Research Sub-Committee. He is currently completing a PhD on behaviour change in children after general anaesthesia (due for completion this year).

Dr Lee-Archer has an interest in patient-centred outcomes in paediatric perioperative medicine. He is a member of the Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROM) Committee at the Queensland Children’s Hospital – a group that aims to improve the development, validation and implementation of PROMs for children and their families.

Dr Lee-Archer has experience with multi-centre and international trials, he is the site investigator for the TREX trial (a comparison of two general anaesthetics for infants on neuro-developmental outcomes). He is also a member of the Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, a group with an impressive track record of grant funding and research output.

Dr Lee-Archer was the scientific and co-convenor of the combined SPANZA/APAGBI meeting in Brisbane in 2019. He is the deputy chair of the ANZCA Queensland Regional Committee and is the Queensland representative on the ANZCA Scholar Role Sub-Committee.

Dr. Teerapong Leelanupab is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science School. He was an Associate Professor in Information Technology at the School of Information Technology, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand, from August 8, 2019. He was also a Co-Founder and active member of the Intelligence Lab for Cognitive and Business Analytics (IcBiz). He is also a Data Science and Information Technology Director at two start-up companies, Modgut and Thaibiogenix International (TBI), which are the first companies to commercialise human gut microbiome test services in Thailand and develop a complete digital traceability and test order management platform for providing retail and corporate customers, and research partners with such services.

Teerapong's main research interests are Text and Multimedia Information Retrieval (IR), Health Data Science, Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Natural Language Processing and Adaptive, Contextual and Interactive Systems. He has been a principal investigator and co-principal investigator of several research projects granted by government agencies in Thailand, such as the Health Systems Research Institute (HSRI), National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), Thailand Research Fund (TRF), and Program Management Unit for Human Resources & Institutional Development, Research and Innovation (PMU-B). His team won the first prize in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup Thailand 2015 and several national IT innovation awards. He was honourably listed among the top 400 scientists in Thai academic institutions according to a Google Scholar Citations (GSC) profile. He was honourably listed among the top 400 scientists in Thai academic institutions, according to a Google Scholar Citations profile. He published over sixty scientific papers in major journals and conferences, three of which received Best Paper awards.

​In her current postdoctoral position at AIBN she liaises directly with patients and clinicians to investigate rare neuronal diseases. By using patient derived iPSCs to generate neuron and brain organoid models, she focuses on the molecular mechanisms driving neuronal disease and conducts drug screening of known therapeutics to inform and assist clinicians in their treatment options. She is currently exploring AAV9 gene therapy options for patients of Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia 56 (SPG56) and is working on mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress perturbances in stem cell and neuronal cultures derived from both SPG56 and Ataxia Telangiectasia patients. She also has a strong focus on malformations of cortical development and drug resistant epilepsies, using multi-electrode array platforms to monitor seizure-like events in brain organoid models, screen potential drug combinations, and reduce the time required to find the appropriate treatment for a patient. Collectively, this work contributes to the development of personalised medicine approaches and facilitates improvements in clinical practice for patients of neurological diseases.

​Dr Leeson is an early career researcher (PhD awarded in 2018) and is focused on the fields of stem cell and neurobiology. She has extensive experience in stem cell culture and iPSC generation, having reprogrammed over 40 iPSC lines for neurological diseases, and is well experienced in neuronal differentiation techniques. During her PhD, she investigated how purinergic signalling may influence adult neural stem cell niches, impacting proliferation, maturation and phagocytic properties of resident progenitor populations. Since commencing her postdoctoral position, she has been involved in numerous projects exploring the molecular mechanisms of neurological disease and aging. Since 2018, Dr Leeson has authored 16 publications and achieved $1.3 million in total funding. Currently, she has been awarded a Brain Foundation grant as a sole CI to study cortical dysplasia in brain organoid models, is a recipient of philanthropic funding from Genetic Cures for Kids, and is CI on an MRFF using brain organoids to develop a patient specific drug treatment platform for drug resistant epilepsy.

Dr Jordan Lefebvre received PhD in sport psychology from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. As a postdoctoral researcher with HMNS, he leads a project in collaboration with the Queensland Academy of Sport, Australian Institute of Sport, Athletics Australia, and Basketball Australia that seeks to better understand the process of representing your country as a coach at international events (e.g., Olympic and Paralympic Games). This includes investigating the unique roles and responsibilities in this context, the learning processes involved in learning to coach at international events, and the factors that influence the effectiveness and performance of coaches at these events. Previously, Jordan led a project in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Sport that sought to develop, implement, and evaluate a coach development initiative designed to educate elite coaches about effective coaching behaviours in high-pressure situations. In addition to his research and teaching in sport psychology, Jordan is certified as a mental performance consultant with the Canadian Sport Psychology Association and is experienced in working with elite athletes, coaches, and sport organizations.

Dr Laura Leighton is an RNA biologist with extensive experience in functional characterisation of RNA. Laura is leading the development of next-generation mRNA therapeutics for the treatment of liver cancer. Because mRNA encapsulated within lipid nanoparticles is effectively delivered inside cells, this technology is uniquely suited to targeting the two-thirds of proteins which are only found inside cells, including several notorious drivers of cancer. Laura's research will create drug candidates which are able to inhibit intracellular pro-cancer proteins for the first time. In addition to drug development, Laura is working on mRNA drug delivery in mouse models of liver disease and cancer.

​Laura completed her PhD at the Queensland Brain Institute, working on uncovering the role of small noncoding RNAs in fear-related learning and memory in mice, supported by the Westpac Future Leaders Scholarship (2017). She joined the laboratory of Dr Seth Cheetham at AIBN as a postdoctoral researcher in March 2023.

Graduated in Agronomic Engineering from the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA) - Brazil in 2016, he began his journey in soil science in 2010 during his first scientific initiation, under the guidance of Professor Dr. Luiz Roberto Guimarães Guilherme. His projects focused on the characterization of rock dust and the reuse of by-products from the fertilizer industry as soil conditioners. In 2017, he started his Master's in Soil and Plant Nutrition at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) - Brazil, under the guidance of Professor Dr. Edson Marcio Matteillo, where he conducted research on the use and efficiency of phosphate fertilizers with additives such as biochar activated with zinc. After that, he began his Ph.D. at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Soil and Plant Nutrition. His thesis explored how different soil uses, with an emphasis on integrated agricultural systems, affect soil structure and consequently the forms and fractions of phosphorus and soil carbon stock. In 2024, he completed his Ph.D. and started a postdoctoral position as a researcher at The University of Queensland (UQ), under the supervision of Professor Dr. Tim McLaren, where he currently works. The project titled "Quantifying Fertiliser Phosphorus Use Efficiency in Vertosols Across the Northern Region" focuses on using fertilizers labeled with P32 radioisotopes to quantify and evaluate the fate of phosphorus in the soil-plant relationship at different depths in summer and winter crops. He has extensive experience in wet chemistry, especially in phosphorus, as well as experience in XRF, NMR, and synchrotron analysis.

Dr Odette Leiter is a postdoctoral research fellow in the research group of Dr Tara Walker, investigating systemic brain rejuvenation. She was awarded a PhD in Neuroscience in 2018 by the Technische Universität Dresden in Germany. Her research focus lies on the regulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis by physical exercise, a process critically involved in learning and memory.

To support her research at the Queensland Brain Institute, Dr Odette Leiter has received two postdoctoral fellowships, a postdoctoral fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service, followed by a Walter Benjamin Fellowship awarded by the German Research Foundation, allowing her to investigate the role of platelets in mediating neurogenesis-related learning and memory, and the capacity of platelet-released factors to restore cognitive function in ageing. More recently, Dr Leiter has been awarded a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) to investigate the precise mechanisms through which platelets interact with adult hippocampal neural stem cells following exercise.

Dr Joseph Lelliott is a Senior Lecturer at the TC Beirne School of Law, teaching courses in criminal law, advanced crime and criminology, and international human rights law. He is a co-author of the textbook Criminal Law in Queensland and an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He holds undergraduate degrees in Law and Arts and a PhD in Law.

Joseph’s research interests broadly lie in criminalisation and the scope and impact of criminal or otherwise punitive measures. He has particular expertise on the interrelated phenomena of migrant smuggling and human trafficking and is a co-editor of a commentary on the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols on smuggling, trafficking, and firearms (OUP, 2023). Joseph also frequently serves as a consultant to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on issues related to smuggling and trafficking. He has authored or contributed to various UNODC publications, including the Legislative Guide to the Trafficking Protocol and other reports, issue papers, and case analyses. Joseph has a particular interest in the smuggling and trafficking of children (the topic of his PhD thesis) and has published numerous articles and chapters on migrant children.

Joseph is also currently working on a project concerning the criminalisation of threats. This includes an ongoing study on threats of fire in the context of domestic and family violence.

Joseph provides assistance to the Queensland Supreme and District Courts’ Criminal Directions Bench Book committee.

I’m a Research Fellow and Health Economist at The University of Queensland’s Centre for the Business and Economics of Health (CBEH). My expertise is in applied economics, using econometric and discrete choice modelling techniques. I am particularly passionate about improving the lives of older people with a focus on cognitive decline, dementia, informal and formal aged care.

My research is funded through competitive grants from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), Australian Research Council (ARC), and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). I am a Chief Investigator on two MRFF grants; one is evaluating the costs and benefits of a hearing and vision intervention in home care, and another evaluating alcohol harm reduction interventions. I am a postdoc on an ARC grant that utilises economic methods to align population needs to health care and service provision, and on an NHMRC grant developing and testing new models for understanding and improving the treatment of youth substance use. I was recently awarded the Junior Research Fellowship at the University Duisburg-Essen in Germany, which allowed me to visit the Health Economics Group at CINCH for the winter semester 2024 with whom I continue to colloborate.

I hold a Bachelors degree in Health Economics from the University of Cologne, Germany (Dean’s Awards) and a Masters degree in Health Economics from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Cum Laude Award). I received my PhD in Health Economics from the University of Queensland where I was awarded the BEL faculty HDR Excellent Award.