2. Dietary predictors of gut microbiota and potential therapeutic approaches.

Dr. Tara Renton obtained her Master of Dental Science Degree in Oral Surgery from Melbourne University and her PhD on Trigeminal Nerve Injuries from Kings College London.

Peter is currently a Professor of Neurology and Director of the Clinical Research Facility at Kings College London. Peter completed his Ph.D in Neuroscience at UN SW in 1983, and his MB BS at UN SW in 1985. 

He has held multiple positions both nationally and internationally, and numerous honours and awards, including winning the HG Wolff MD Award from the American Headache Society multiple times, most recently in 2019 . 

He is on multiple peer-review boards, and acts as a reviewer for many peer-review journals. Professor Goadsby is one of the worlds most renowned experts on migraine.

1. Presentation and risk factors for migraine in adolescents

2. Treatment of migraine in adolescents versus adults

Peter is currently a Professor of Neurology and Director of the Clinical Research Facility at Kings College London. Peter completed his Ph.D in Neuroscience at UN SW in 1983, and his MB BS at UN SW in 1985. 

He has held multiple positions both nationally and internationally, and numerous honours and awards, including winning the HG Wolff MD Award from the American Headache Society multiple times, most recently in 2019 . 

He is on multiple peer-review boards, and acts as a reviewer for many peer-review journals. Professor Goadsby is one of the worlds most renowned experts on migraine.

1. Presentation and risk factors for migraine in adolescents

2. Treatment of migraine in adolescents versus adults

Dr Tarraf finished his BD S at Cairo University with Honors in 2001 and orthodontic residency at Cairo University. He completed his Masters degree with honours in Orthodontics at Sydney University in 2008 where he is involved in research and teaching. 

Dr Tarraf has a special interest in invisible orthodontic techniques such as lingual orthodontics and Invisalign, and the clinical applications of temporary anchorage devices (TADs). He is working towards a PhD on the application of skeletal anchorage in growth modification for growing children. 

His other interests include 3D CAD/CAM technology in orthodontics and timing for different types of dentofacial-orthopaedics for optimal facial results in growing children. Dr Tarraf is the past president of the Australasian Society of Lingual Orthodontics and is Titular member of ESLO and an active member of the WSLO .

Orthodontics and sleep disordered breathing: which treatment for which age?

Dr Singh has a special interest in the role of nasal obstruction in the pathogenesis of dental and maxillofacial disorders and cranio-facial pain. He is considered the “go-to” EN T surgeon for dentists, orthodontists, maxillo-facial surgeons and craniofacial pain specialists across Sydney and NSW. 

Dr Singh undertook his medical degree at The University of Sydney and Otolaryngology training in NSW. Dr Singh was then awarded a 3 (three) year clinical/ research fellowship in Rhinology, fully funded by The Guy’s and St Thomas’ NH S Foundation Trust, London, UK .

Phyllis C. Zee, MD, PhD, is the Benjamin and Virginia T. Boshes Professor of Neurology, professor of Neurobiology at Northwestern University, director of the Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine and chief of the Division of Sleep Medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Phyllis oversees an interdisciplinary program in basic and translational sleep and circadian rhythm research, and findings from her team have paved the way for innovative approaches to improve sleep and circadian health. Phyllis is the founder of the first circadian medicine clinic in the U.S., where innovative treatments are available for patients with circadian rhythm disorders. Her research has focused on the effects of age and neurodegeneration on sleep and circadian rhythms and pathophysiology of circadian sleep-wake disorders and the effects of circadian-sleep based interventions, such as exercise, bright light and feed-fast schedules on cognitive, cardiovascular and metabolic functions and their potential to delay cardiometabolic aging and neurodegeneration. Recently her research team has also been interested in the use of acoustic and electrical neurostimulation to enhance slow wave sleep and memory in older adults. 

Phyllis has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed original articles, reviews and chapters on the topics of sleep, circadian rhythms and sleep/wake disorders. She has also trained more than 50 pre-doctoral and post-doctoral students and has mentored numerous faculty members. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and member of the American Neurological Association. She is past president of the Sleep Research Society, past president of the Sleep Research Society Foundation, past chair of the NIH Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board, past member of the NIH Heart Lung and Blood Disorders Advisory Council and President-Elect of the World Sleep Society. She is the recipient of the 2011 American Academy of Neurology Sleep Science Award and the 2014 American Academy of Sleep Medicine William C. Dement Academic Achievement Award. 

1. Enhancing Sleep for Brain and Cardiovascular Function

2. Circadian Medicine: Insights from the Clinic  

3. Sleep-Circadian Rhythms and Aging: A Bidirectional Relationship? 

He was Editor in Chief of Respirology, from 2011 to 2017, and has held past leadership roles with the American Thoracic Society, the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, the Australian Lung Foundation and the Australian Society for Medical Research. Peter led a national campaign that resulted in a Parliamentary Inquiry into Sleep Health Awareness in Australia. 

Dr Mark Hill completed his Ph.D. at the University of Sydney in 1986, his post-doctoral fellowship on Muscular Dystrophy in 1990, and did post doctoral work at the Children’s Medical Research Centre until 1994. 

Since then he has worked a the UN SW Anatomy department in the School of Medical Sciences, and is the Head of the Digital Embryology Consortium; UN SW Uterine Tube Biobank; and author of UN SW Embryology (online)

1. Normal growth and development of the airway and craniofacial complex

2. Genetic and environmental contributions to abnormal growth of the airway and craniofacial complex.

Prof Vetter is the Director of the Centre for Pain Research at the University of Queensland. She obtained her PhD in 2007 from the School of Pharmacy, UQ, and conducted studies as a National Health and Medical Research postdoctoral fellow at the Queensland Brain Institute and at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience in the areas of axon guidance and venom peptide pharmacology.

She is a recipient of an International Association for the Study of Pain Patrick Wall Young Investigator Award (2018) and has a strong background in neuropharmacology, pain models, toxicology and high-throughput screening.

Her current main research interests lie in the fields of peripheral pain mechanisms, biodiscovery of venom peptide ion channel modulators and analgesic drug discovery. 

Inflammatory mechanisms underlying chemotherapy-induced neuropathy in orofacial and other body regions? 

Dr Papadopoulos is one of Australia's leading sleep medicine physicians and is widely known for his work with sleep studies in children, and in particular children with AD/HD special needs, orthodontic problems, gastro-intestinal issues and need for CPAP therapy.

Dr Papadopoulos was admitted to FRACP in General Paediatrics in 2002.

In 2003 he became the first prospectively accredited Level 2 Paediatric sleep physician in Australasia (highest possible level).

He then established the Paediatric Sleep Unit at St George Private Hospital.

This continues to be the only Private Hospital Paediatric Sleep Unit in NSW to offer ASA/NATA accredited Paediatric Sleep Laboratory services including diagnostic studies and CPAP. Our first-in-Sydney ASA / NATA accreditation for these services, including a commendation for our CPAP service, makes us unique amongst paediatric sleep laboratories in Sydney.

Dr Papadopoulos also established Australia’s first multidisciplinary Sleep Clinic for developmentally delayed children, the adolescent sleep unit at St George Hospital and the first paediatric sleep clinic within the Department of Orthodontics at Sydney Dental Hospital.

He is a conjoint lecturer at the University of New South Wales and at the University of Sydney, directs the Paediatric Sleep Disorders Unit at St George Private hospital and is a staff specialist sleep paediatrician at St George Public Hospital. 

1.   Fundamental clinical aspects of snoring and sleep difficulties in children and their Interdisciplinary Management.

2.   Interactive case presentations to illustrate a practical approach to the diagnosis and management of sleep disorders in children.

Professor Lynne Bilston is the Senior Principal Research Scientist at Neuroscience Research Australia, a Conjoint Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, and a Senior Research Fellow, UNSW. 

She graduated from the University of Sydney in 1990 in Biomedical engineering with the University Medal, and completed her PhD in Bioengineering in 1994 at the University of Pennsylvania. 

Her research focuses on mechanical factors in health and disease, using a variety of approaches, including imaging, modelling, and crash testing. Her research has been instrumental in implementing new Australian guidelines for vehicular restraint of children, and is currently changing our understanding of the biomechanical effects that govern response to therapy in patients with OSA, and their implications for the development of personalised approaches to treating OSA. 

Imaging for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Insights into Pathophysiology of Sleep Apnoea