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Pictured (left to right): Dr Katie Frith, Dr Preeti Joshi, Jill Smith (ASCIA CEO), Dr Melanie Wong, Maria Said AM (NAC Co-chair and A&AA CEO), Clinical Professor Michaela Lucas (NAC Co-chair), Dr Kiely Kim (former member), Dr William Smith (Patron), Dr Wendy Freeman, Sally Voukelatos, Professor Kirsten Perrett, Dr Vicki McWilliam, Kylie Hollinshead, Dr Sandra Vale (NAC CEO), Briony Tyquin, Dr Brynn Wainstein. Tiffany Ma, Vikki Jayewardene and Pravin Hissaria are not pictured.

Michaela Lucas is Co-chair of the National Allergy Council Advisory Committee. Michaela is a clinical immunology/allergy specialist, past President of ASCIA and Project Co-lead for the Drug Allergy Project and Digital Health Project.

Maria Said AM is Co-chair of the National Allergy Council Advisory Committee and the CEO of Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia, the national patient support organisation. Maria is also Project Co-lead for the Anaphylaxis Reporting System Project, Allergy 250K and the Shared Care for Allergy Project.

Preeti Joshi is a paediatric clinical immunology/allergy specialist and the Project Co-lead for the Food Allergy Prevention Project (Nip allergies in the Bub).

Brynn Wainstein is a paediatric clinical immunology/allergy specialist, a past President of ASCIA (2018-2020) and Project Co-lead for the Anaphylaxis Reporting System Project.

Melanie Wong is a paediatric clinical immunology/allergy specialist, a past President of ASCIA (2014-2016) and Project Co-lead of the Allergy 250K Youth Project.

Wendy Freeman is a representative of Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia and Project Co-lead for the School and CEC Project.

Sally Voukelatos is a representative of Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia and Project Co-lead for the Food Service Project.

Briony Tyquin is a clinical nurse consultant in allergy and Project Co-lead for the School and CEC project.

Kylie Hollinshead is a representative of Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia and Project Co-lead for the Food Allergy Prevention Project (Nip allergies in the Bub).

Katie Frith is a clinical immunology/allergy specialist, Chair of the ASCIA Anaphylaxis Committee and Project Co-lead for the Shared Care for Allergy Project.

Tiffany Ma (not pictured) is a dietitian and a representative of Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia. Tiffany is Project Co-lead for the Drug Allergy Project.

Vikki Jayewardene (not pictured) is a project officer for Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia and Project Co-lead for the Digital Health Project.

Vicki McWilliam is an allergy dietitian and Project Co-lead for the Food Service Project.

Kirsten Perrett is a paediatric allergy specialist and Director of the National Allergy Centre of Excellence.

Pravin Hissaria is a clinical immunology/allergy specialist and Project Co-lead for the Digital Health Project.

Content updated July 2025

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