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Carol El-Hayek is an epidemiologist and public health researcher with over 15 years’ experience managing state and national surveillance systems, monitoring blood borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections, and evaluating public health programs. Carol is a certified health informatician and has completed a PhD studying the application of computational analytics to real-world electronic medical records to enhance disease surveillance.

Carol is a Senior Research Fellow in the UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, managing the ATLAS Indigenous primary care surveillance network.

Emerita Professor Diann (Di) Eley is the former Director of MD Student Research and Director of Research Training in the Faculty of Medicine. Currently Chair of the UQ Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC B) and associate editor of the journal, Focus on Health Professional Education (FoHPE).

Research career began with 20 years as a bench scientist in bio-medical laboratories in Kenya and the UK. Academic career began in 2000, receiving a PhD in health psychology from University of Bristol. Moved to the School of Medicine at UQ in 2003.

Primary research focus is research training and rural health workforce. Developed and implemented the Clinician-Scientist Track (MD-PhD and MD-MPhil) in the UQ Medical School.

Over 150 peer reviewed journal publications and received UQ and national awards for programs that enhance learning.

• 2015: The University of Queensland Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
• 2015: The University of Queensland Award for Excellence in Leadership
• 2014: Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Senior Teaching Excellence Award
• 2014: Dean’s Award for Innovation in Curriculum Development. School of Medicine
• 2013: The University of Queensland Faculty of Health Sciences Award for Teaching Excellence.
• 2006: National Carrick Award for Australian University Teaching – Innovation in curricula,
• 2005: The University of Queensland Awards for Enhancement of Student Learning

Background in physiology, endocrinology and primatology. Chartered Biologist, Chartered Scientist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology.

1969-1973 - BSc Hons University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK), Agriculture/Animal Production

1973-1980 MSc and PhD University of Florida. Reproductive physiology and endocrinology of cattle

Employment:

• 1980-1982 Lecturer, Department of Physiology, University of Nairobi teaching physiology to veterinary and animal science students.
• 1982-1992 Head of Reproduction thereafter Chief of Research, Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya. Initially
• 1992-2001 Education Officer at International Laboratory for Research in Animal Diseases /International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi Kenya
• 2001-2003. Academic Coordinator for the Learning and Teaching Support Network Engineering Centre, Loughborough University (UK).
• 2004-2012 Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Rural and Remote Area Health, University of Southern Queensland.
• 2012 – 2024. Academic Research Manager Princess Alexandra Hospital (Queensland Health) and University of Queensland School of Medicine.

Retired at the end of 2024 but continues to supervise PhD candidates, chair progress reviews and collaborate on research projects in health sciences and emergency medicine.

Extensive publication records including books, book chapters, proceedings of conferences, research reports to government and industry, annual reports and popular articles, 100 conference papers and 150 peer reviewed papers.

Additional experience in the organisation of five international conferences; consultancies for FAO/IAEA; supervision of postgraduate students; external examiner of BVM, BSc, MSc, and PHD students; journal and grant reviewer and more than 25 years as member of animal and human research ethics committees.

Professor Eley obtained her medical degree at The University of Tasmania in 1999 and became a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists in 2006, after being awarded the Cecil Gray prize for the Final Examination. She has worked as a Staff Specialist in anaesthesia at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) since 2007, providing adult and obstetric anaesthesia clinical services. In 2017 she completed her PhD with The University of Queensland, in the area of obstetric anaesthesia. She has a clinical and research interest in optimising the anaesthesia care of patients with obesity, in obstetric and non-obstetric anaesthesia. Professor Eley is currently undertaking a Metro North Clinican Research Fellowship exploring the influence of perioperative antibiotics on the maternal and neonatal microbiome. She is currently focused on expanding the growing research activity within the Department of Anaesthesia of Perioperative Care at the RBWH and across Metro North Health. As the Professor of the Mayne Academy of Critical Care, she is oversees the teaching of the Critical Care curriculum for UQ medical students and promotes teaching and reseach by Academic Title Holders.

Dr John Elfick has been an Honorary Research Consultant with the School of Education since late 1999. Dr Elfick was employed by UNESCO in various roles in a number of countries. He has extensive experience in international programs and extensive links to international governments, agencies and NGOs. Dr Elfick's major continuing project involves a web-based School Science Lessons resource that he runs in conjunction with UNESCO.

As/Prof Kathy Ellem is Head of Discipline (Social Work and Counselling) in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work at The University of Queensland, Australia. Her research expertise includes participatory research methodologies (including narrative, digital and arts-based research) with people with impaired cognitive capacity; the intersectionality of disability and the criminal legal system; disability workforce development; family-centred practice and capacity building of families who have a loved one with a disability; self-advocacy for people with an intellectual disability; families who have been forced to relinquish care of their child with a disability; and parents with an intellectual disabilitiy and their experiences of the child protection system.

Kathy has previously practiced as a social worker in both government and non-government sectors, working with children, young people and their families in disability and child protection services. As a social worker, she has been actively involved in casework; case management; behavioural intervention; group work; community development; and individual, citizen and systems advocacy. She has taken on family leadership roles in the disability sector.

Kathy's academic focus is on improving the lives of people with disabilities. She is a board member of the Australasian Society for Intellectual Disability, and Deputy Chair of the University fo Queensland's Disability Inclusion Group.

Kathy currently leads the Honours research course for the Bachelor of Social Work (Hons) and supervises research higher degree students in the fields of disability, mental health and health. Her work focuses on how both teaching and research can influence positive change in social work practice and in the lives of people who experience significant social disadvantage.

Dr Claire Ellender BSc MBBS FRACP PhD, is a Respiratory and Sleep specialist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane. Her areas of research include evaluating health literacy in sleep education materials and the treatment of complex sleep disorder management. Dr Ellender works closely as a conjoint appointed academic within the Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland at the PA Southside learning community.

Georgina Elliott is the First-Year Coordinator at the TC Beirne School of Law, where she focuses on supporting student transition to university and developing high-quality teaching materials for skills development in legal education. Georgina the coordinator of the First-Year Skills Program, a series of workshops embedded within the Foundations of Law course. The program is designed to support students in their transition into university life by building essential legal skills, including research, writing, and critical thinking, which are needed for both study and professional practice. It also aims to foster the capacity for respectful dialogue and professional conduct, and introduces students to the diverse career pathways available within the legal profession.

She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Queensland, a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from the Queensland University of Technology, and a Graduate Diploma of Education and Teaching from the University of Queensland. A committed legal educator, Georgina was recognised as an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) in 2026, reflecting her dedication to excellence in teaching and learning in legal education.

Dr Bill Ellis is an ecological researcher based in the School of The Environment. He gained a BSc with honours in Zoology at The Australian National University and holds a Master of Environmental Law from the same institution. Bill graduated with a PhD in Zoology from The University of Queensland in 1998 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at San Diego Zoo's Centre for Research on Endangered Species in 2011.

Dr Rachel Elphinston is a Senior Research Fellow at Recover Injury Research Centre at The University of Queensland and clinical psychologist with more than a decade of industry-related experience. Her research interests focus on the psychological risk factors for pain and disability following injury, integrated pain treatments, pain medicines use, and the influence of social media. She has designed and implemented research projects examining factors associated with perceived injustice following road traffic crashes, psychosocial factors associated with prescription opioid use in individuals with chronic pain, the effectiveness of brief psychological risk-targeted telehealth interventions, and the role of social media messaging in policy implementation following the up-scheduling of codeine. She has received industry funding to co-design, develop and test feasibility of a psychological brief intervention to reduce risk of prescription opioid-related harm in patients with chronic pain. Dr Elphinston has a current appointment with Addiction and Mental Health Services in Metro South Health and has experience in working in multidisciplinary clinical and research teams to translate research into practice and design and implement new models of care. She also has experience in delivering education and training to a wide range of health professionals and supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Emeritus Professor Robert Elson’s research interests include the modern and contemporary history of Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia.

His recently completedresearch project, entitled "the history of maritime territoriality in the Indonesian seas since 1850” was published in 2017.

Professor Elson's other research interests include Indonesian political thinking, leadership in Indonesia; changing identity in Indonesia; the social and economic history of Southeast Asia; social and economic change in nineteenth and twentieth century Java; colonialism and its impact in Southeast Asia, especially in Indonesia; the economic history of peasant production in Southeast Asia, 1800-1990.

He is involved in the following activities:

• Member, Editorial Board, Southeast Asia Publications Series, Asian Studies Association of Australia.

• Member, Academic Commission (Wetenschapscommissie), NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies (Institute for War, Holocaust- and Genocide Studies) (2004-2014).

• Adjunct Professor, University of the Sunshine Coast.

• External Examiner University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur for Bachelor of Arts (International and Strategic Studies); Master of Strategic and Defence Studies); Bachelor of Arts (Southeast Asian Studies): Master of Arts (Southeast Asian Studies); Bachelor of Arts (History); Master of Arts (Malaysian History) and Master of Arts (Southeast Asian History) (2014- ).

Professor Emmerson AM is a psychiatrist and currently a medical member of the Qld Mental Health Review Tribunal, Chair, Royal Australian And New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (Queensland Branch) and a Member of the Qld Mental Health Commssion Council. He is a Board Director and medical assessor of the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS). He is the former Executive Director of Metro North Mental Health, covering the mental health services at RBWH,TPCH, Caboolture and Reclifffe Hospital catchments in North Brisbane. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2017 for significant service to psychiatry and medical administration.

Maureen Engel is a Lecturer in Digital Culture in the School of Communication and Arts. She was formerly Associate Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Alberta, Canada. At Alberta, she served as Director of Digital Humanities (2011-13; 2015-2019), and Director of the Canadian Institute for Research Computing in Arts (2011-2019). Formally trained as a textual scholar, her background is in cultural studies, queer theory, and feminist theory. She brings these methods/orientations to her research on digital culture, with a particular interest in locative media, XR, and gaming. She is the author of the game Go Queer, a ludic locative media experience of queer history.