Cell and Developmental Biology, Cell Culture, Flow Cytometry, Immunity, Functional Genomics

Amy Kiger is an Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of California, San Diego. She received her PhD as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellow from the Department of Developmental Biology at Stanford School of Medicine. She then completed postdoctoral studies at Harvard Medical School. The research in her lab focuses on understanding morphogenetic programs. To do this they are applying an informative combination of functional genomics and in vivo genetic approaches in Drosophila to the problem of cellular elongation.

Pain Management, clinical pain practice, psychology, clinical research, pain education, Clinical Psychology Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Chronic Pain, Acute Pain, Opioids

Since 1980, Professor Nicholas’ main interest has been combining research and clinical pain practice, especially multidisciplinary applications of psychology. This has meant working on many fronts: as a member of Scientific Committee for the 2008 IASP conference; as a reviewer and now an associate editor for PAIN; from 1988-1990 as the inaugural program director, INPUT program at St Thomas’ Hospital, London, and, since 1994, at Sydney University’s Pain Management Research Institute. He has an active clinical research program with international collaborators, alongside postgraduate pain education through our web-based courses, plus face-to-face training in psychological pain management in many countries.

Endocrinology Metabolism and Diabetes, Internal Medicine and General Medicine, Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Monogenic Diabetes, Medicine, Medical Education

Infectious Disease, HIV/AIDS, Antiviral Therapy, HIV Infection, Pathology, Microbiology, Clinical Trials

Dr John W. Mellors is a Professor of Medicine and Chief of Infectious Diseases at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr Mellors serves as a Member of Scientific Advisory Board at Gilead Sciences Inc. and the HIV Scientific Advisory Board of Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. He also serves as a Member of the US Public Health Service Panel on Clinical Practices for the Treatment of HIV Infection and the International AIDS Society-USA Panel on HIV drug resistance. Dr Mellors serves as an Executive Director of the HIV Program at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), which provides comprehensive primary care and access to clinical trials for HIV-infected individuals. Dr. Mellors also served as a Members of Clinical Advisory Board at Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Mental Health and Law, Nursing, Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Research, Health Care, Psychiatry

Stephen Butler is a Mental Health Clinical Nurse Educator at Mildura Base Hospital. Stephen completed his Bachelor of Nursing (Mental Health) at LaTrobe University and went on to complete his Bachelor of Nursing (General Nursing) at Flinders University. Stephen has completed a Masters of Mental Health and Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education. His main clinical areas have been inpatient psychiatry and aged, child and adolescent and dual diagnosis community mental health, with the last 18 years focusing on clinical education and teaching roles. As a parent of a child with a severe peanut allergy, Stephen has a keen interest in education and support of Anaphylaxis. He brings the lived experience of a care giver and has provided community education and school policy support in Anaphylaxis, its resources and practical training in auto-injectors.