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

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? 

Professor Ramesh Balasubramaniam is an Oral Medicine Specialist with expertise in temporomandibular disorders, orofacial pain and dental sleep medicine.

2. Childhood Adversity in the Development of Pain and Sleep Disorders

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 .

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. 

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

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 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.