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Sorted alphabetically by last name.
Associate Professor Geoff Argus is the Deputy National Rural Health Commissioner – Allied Health.
Associate Professor Geoff Argus was born and raised on the Darling Downs in Queensland. He is an Associate Professor in Rural Health at The University of Queensland (UQ) and is currently the Director of Rural Health with the UQ Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences. Prior to this appointment, Associate Professor Argus led the development and expansion of Southern Queensland Rural Health (SQRH), a University Department of Rural Health supporting the Darling Downs and South West Queensland regions.
Michael is the Chief Pharmacy Information Officer at SA Pharmacy and a PhD candidate with the Digital Health research Lab at Flinders University. He leads statewide digital medicines systems including iQEMO, i.Pharmacy, ADCs, robotics, and other tools used in pharmacy operations. He serves on multiple governance committees and focuses on improving pharmacy workforce digital maturity and freeing clinician time for patient care.
Jacqueline Balassone is the Liver and Intestinal Transplant Pharmacist at Austin Health in Melbourne.
She is responsible for the establishment, planning and provision of the transplant clinical pharmacy service to the Liver Transplant Unit as part of the Australian Centre for Transplant Excellence and Research (ACTER).
She is passionate about patient care and supporting recipients throughout the transplant journey, engaging with consumer working groups to improve the service and enhance the patient experience.
Jacqueline has also involved herself in research endeavours and quality improvement initiatives relating to transplantation.
Professor Michael Barras is the Director of Pharmacy at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia and a Research Conjoint with the School of Pharmacy, The University of QLD (Hospital 0.8 FTE / UQ 0.2 FTE). He currently supervises 10 HDR students conducting research related to medication safety, health informatics, transition of care, and advanced scope clinical pharmacy.
Angie Bone is a Professor (Practice) with the Health and Climate Initiative at Monash University. She forms part of the leadership team, providing strategic advice and undertaking climate and health research which focuses on applicability to policy and practice. Angie is a senior public health physician, with over two decades of public health leadership and research experience, especially concerning environmental influences on health and health equity. She's a former Deputy Chief Health Officer for environmental issues at the Victorian Department of Health. Angie was program director for the first phase of the Transitions to Sustainable Health Systems consortium, producing a guide to accelerating emissions reduction in the Australian health system that was just recently launched, and now serves as a senior advisor to the program as well as governments and international organisations.
Michael is the CEO of Choice Aged Care and founder of the Wellness Partners Foundation, with a career dedicated to improving medication safety and clinical governance across aged care. He has led the national roll-out of pharmacist-led services, including the Aged Care Onsite Pharmacist (ACOP) model. Michael is a passionate advocate for aged care reform, health equity, pharmacist professional development and the integration of innovative technology solutions like MediBUDDY® to streamline medication management. His work bridges pharmacy, aged care, and policy, driving practical, scalable solutions to support older Australians to live well and age with dignity.
Jillian Campbell is an experienced informatics pharmacist working on digital health solutions that enhance patient safety and healthcare delivery. She contributes to national initiatives through the AdPha Pharmacy Informatics and Technology Leadership Committee and represents AdPha on the ADHA National Electronic Prescribing Technical Working Group. Her work supports innovation across all care settings.
Dr Daniel Capurro is an Associate Professor in Digital Health at the University of Melbourne and a practicing Consultant Physician in General Medicine at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. With a unique background combining clinical medicine and computer science, Daniel holds a PhD in Biomedical and Health Informatics from the University of Washington and is internationally recognised for his work at the intersection of data, technology, and patient care.
Daniel’s research focuses on the safe and effective integration of digital tools into clinical practice. His work spans electronic health records, artificial intelligence, process mining, and digital phenotyping. He has led projects using AI for triaging surgical referrals, identifying hospital-acquired infections, optimising antimicrobial stewardship, and modelling patient trajectories in emergency care. He is the founder of the Digital Health Validitron, a simulated clinical environment designed to evaluate digital health innovations before they are implemented in real-world settings.
Julianne is a Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)/Anticoagulation Stewardship and Quality Use of Medicines Pharmacist at Concord Repatriation General Hospital in Sydney Australia. She is currently co-chair of the Thrombosis and Haemostasis Society of Australia and New Zealand (THANZ) Anticoagulation Stewardship Network and a member of the International Committee of the Anticoagulation Forum. In 2023 she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to travel to Anticoagulation Stewardship sites in the USA, UK and Canada. Julianne is currently a PhD candidate with the University of Sydney.
Jennifer Collins is a hospital-trained Generalist Pharmacist with over 16 years of broad clinical and operational experience across multiple Australian health systems. Her career spans tertiary, regional, and remote healthcare, as well as justice and mental health services. She is known for her collaborative leadership, systems-thinking approach, and commitment to quality use of medicines and service improvement.
Jennifer is currently working as the Deputy Director of Pharmacy – Operations at Royal Darwin and Palmerston Hospitals (RDPH), where she leads operational pharmacy functions, manages the pharmacy technician team, and ensures the safe and timely delivery of medicines. She has also held senior acting roles, including Acting Director of Allied Health and Acting Director of Pharmacy, contributing to executive leadership, strategic planning, and stakeholder engagement.
