BScPT, MSc, PhD, School or Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Canada. 

Dr. Joy MacDermid is a clinical epidemiologist, physiotherapist, and Distinguished University Professor of Physical Therapy at Western University. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, holds a Canada Research Chair in MSK Health Outcomes and Knowledge Translation, and the Dr. James Roth Chair in Musculoskeletal Measurement and Knowledge Translation.  Dr. MacDermid’s research focuses on musculoskeletal health, implementation science, orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation interventions, sex and gender as determinants of musculoskeletal and work health, and high-risk populations (e.g., firefighters). Her research integrates a biopsychosocial perspective on the determinants of health, design of interventions, and measurement of outcomes. 

PhD, School of Physical Therapy at Western University, Canada.| Lead Physiotherapist, Sheffield Shoulder And Elbow Unit, UK. 

Dr. David (Dave) Walton is an Associate Professor with the School of Physical Therapy at Western University (London Ontario, Canada), cross-appointed to the Department of Psychiatry in the Western Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, and an Honorary Associate Professor with the Discipline of Physical Therapy at the University of Sydney. He is Co-Director, Innovative Solutions in Spinal Pain, with the CANSpine lab at Western, and an Associate Scientist with the Lawson Health Research Institute. He returned to academia following a 10-year clinical career, where he has become recognized for expertise in pain and quality of life measurement theory, longitudinal modeling of the acute-to-chronic transition and predictors thereof, and knowledge mobilization in rehabilitation. He has authored over 130 peer-reviewed publications, several book chapters, and is co-author of the book 'Musculoskeletal Pain: Assessment, Prediction, and Treatment' from Handspring Publishers (2020). His primary research foci are in neck and spinal pain, trauma-informed care, and clinical outcomes measurement. 

Lead Physiotherapist, Sheffield Shoulder And Elbow Unit, UK. 

Val Jones is a Clinical Physiotherapy Specialist working at the Sheffield Shoulder and Elbow Unit at the Sheffield Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust and also works in private practice. She lectures nationally and internationally about the assessment and rehabilitation of the elbow joint. Val has published in peer reviewed journals and is a previous AHP representative on the British Elbow and Shoulder Society Council, as well as being the current UK national delegate and a member of the education committee for EUSSER. She has organised and presented upon the highly successful Sheffield Elbow course for Physiotherapists and was awarded a prestigious Copeland Fellowship from the British Elbow and Shoulder Society, travelling to Cape Town. 

Rosemary has been a hand physiotherapist for almost 40 years. Rosemary completed her PhD on wrist diagnostic tests and hand therapy post CMC arthroplasty in 2015. She also has a Master’s degree in hand and upper limb therapy and has held the Certified Hand Therapy credential since 1991. She has given numerous papers at many conferences both in Australia and Internationally.  Rosemary has 10 hand therapy publications and co edited the text, Hand and Upper Limb Rehabilitation, with Professor Bruce Conolly.  She has been involved in voluntary overseas hand therapy work since 1991 and currently participates in a hand team working annually in Vietnam.  Rosemary has a special interest in the treatment of wrist problems. She is currently also engaged in teaching the undergraduate hand therapy module for physiotherapy students at Sydney University.

Lauren is an accredited hand therapist (AHTA) and certified hand therapist (HTCC) with clinical, research and teaching experience.

Lauren completed her PhD on phalangeal fractures in 2016, has published and presented both nationally and internationally, and been an invited journal reviewer. Lauren currently works at the Mudgeeraba Hand Clinic on the Gold Coast, is a volunteer member of the AHTA Research and Scholarship Committee, and has recently joined the Bond University Physiotherapy School as a casual lecturer.