Thank you to our
2025 Invited Speakers
International Invited Speakers
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Prof Saskia Middeldorp
Radboud University Medical Centre
Nijmegen, The Netherlands -

Assoc Prof Sharleen O’Reilly
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Invited Speakers
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Dr Henna Ansari
Middlemore Hospital in South Auckland
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Elaine Chong
Counties Manukau Health
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Dr Stephanie Cox
Health NZ Te Toka Tumai, NZ
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Prof Caroline Crowther
Liggins Institute, University of Auckland
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Dr Whitney Davis
GP Fellow and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
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Assoc Prof Susan de Jersey
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
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Dr Jo Dunlop
Health New Zealand – Counties Manukau
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Dr Bianca Fato
Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Melbourne
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Dr Ashlea Gillon
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University Of Auckland
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Prof Katie Groom
Liggins Institute, University of Auckland. National Women’s Health, Te Toka Tumai, Auckland City Hospital.
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Gillian Guttenbeil
Auckland City Hospital / Te Toka Tumai, Health New Zealand
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A/ Prof Rosemary Hall
Wellington and Tairāwhiti, Aotearoa New Zealand & the University of Otago Wellington.
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Dr Matthew Hare
Royal Darwin Hospital, NT
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Consultant Lisa Hoyle
Countries Manukau District,
Te Whatu Ora /
Health New Zealand -

Dr Yvonne Lefort
General practitioner,
Auckland -

Elizabeth Lewis-Hills
Te Whatu Ora Waikato
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Loyla Leysley
Menzies School of Health Research
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Dr Diana Mackay
Royal Darwin and Palmerston Hospitals
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Dr Joanna McClintock
Te Whatu Ora Waikato District in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Dr Helen Murphy
University of East Anglia.
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust -

Dr Rinki Murphy
Auckland Diabetes Centre.
Counties Manukau Health. -

Dr Adam Pastor
St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne
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Prof Angela Ratsch
Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service, Queensland
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Dr Janet Rowan
National Women’s Hospital, Auckland.
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Prof Joanne Said
Joan Kirner Womens and Childrens at Sunshine Hosptial
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Diane Selves
Counties, Auckland
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A/ Prof Renuka Shanmugalingam
Liverpool Hospital, NSW
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Alexis Shub
Mercy Hospital for Women, Melbourne
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Dr Fiona Stewart
general Cardiologist Heart Group, Auckland
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Dr Arianne Sweeting
University of Sydney & Royal Prince Hospital, Sydney
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Prof Boyd Swinburn
University of Auckland
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Helen Tippler
Nelson Hospital, Nelson
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Dr Miriam Wheeler
Auckland Hospital
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Dr Esther Woolston
Middlemore Hospital in New Zealand