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Kathy Lette

Ambassador, Author, Travel Writer and Commentator

Kathy Lette has made a career out of lightly fictionalising every stage of her life, from puberty to menopause. She is a celebrated and outspoken comic writer who has an inimitable take on serious current issues. She is the author of 15 bestselling novels including Puberty Blues, which was made into a major film and a TV miniseries. She cites her career highlights as once teaching Stephen Fry a word and Salman Rushdie the limbo, and scripting Julian Assange's cameo in the 500th episode of The Simpsons.

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Professor Jayashri Kulkarni AM

Professor of Psychiatry at the Alfred Hospital, Monash University and Director, HER Centre Australia

Professor Jayashri Kulkarni AM Graduated in Medicine from Monash University in 1981 and became a Fellow of the College of Psychiatrists in 1988. She commenced her appointment as Professor of Psychiatry at The Alfred and Monash University in 2002. Professor Kulkarni founded and directs two research centres - HER centre Australia and the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc), and is also Head of the Department of Psychiatry, Central Clinical School, Monash University - Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences.

Jayashri has conducted ground-breaking clinical research and is internationally acknowledged as a leader and expert in the field of women’s mental health, in particular, for her innovative work on reproductive hormones and mental illness. Her world-first research in hormones and mental health has led to the development of new treatments for women with mental ill health. She developed and launch Australia’s first women’s mental health hospital at Cabrini Health in September 2021.

Jayashri received an Order of Australia (AM) in 2019 for her services to Psychiatry.

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Professor Roger Hart

Gynaecologist, Endocrinologist and Fertility Specialist

Professor Roger Hart is the medical director of Fertility Specialists of Western Australia, National Medical Director of City Fertility Australia and a Director of Menopause Alliance Australia. He is also Professor of Reproductive Medicine, the Deputy Head of Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Western Australia head of the reproductive medicine service at King Edward Memorial Hospital. He is responsible for the provision of public fertility services across Western Australia. Professor Hart is an internationally recognised expert in the fields of infertility and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

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Assoc/Professor Bernadette McElhinney

Gynaecologist

Associate Professor Bernadette McElhinney is a specialist gynaecologist and holds a consultant appointment at King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women WA, where she remains a senior lecturer at the University of Notre Dame and is a Director of Menopause Alliance Australia. Her special interests are endometriosis, fibroids, abnormal uterine bleeding, menopause and pre-invasive disease of the lower genital tract (colposcopy).

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Dr Lesley Ramage

GP, Women's Health Specialist and Menopause Specialist

Dr Lesley Ramage has more than 26 years of experience in women’s health. She obtained her medical degree from Leeds University in the United Kingdom and has worked in general practice since moving to Australia with her family in 1993. Since 2007, she has also held an appointment at King Edward Memorial Hospital, where she consults at clinics for menopause and menopause symptoms after cancer. She is actively involved in the teaching and training of medical undergraduates and doctors and is a Director of Menopause Alliance Australia. Dr Ramage’s special interests include the management of menopause (both natural and following a diagnosis of cancer).

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Dr Jennifer Pontre

Gynaecologist

Dr Jennifer Pontré is a specialist gynaecologist with an interest in menopause, laparoscopic pelvic surgery, endometriosis and fertility. She is one of a small number of gynaecologists in Western Australia to have completed the Australasian Gynaecologic and Endoscopy and Surgery Society (AGES) Fellowship in advanced laparoscopic surgery, in addition to a Masters through the University of New South Wales in Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility. Dr Pontré holds appointments at King Edward Memorial Hospital, Hollywood Private Hospital, and City Fertility Australia, where she participates in clinical work, teaching and research and is a Director of Menopause Alliance Australia.