Dr Syed Tabish R. Zaidi is an experienced clinical pharmacist with special interest in Infectious Diseases and Translational Research. Dr. Zaidi is the course coordinator of postgraduate clinical pharmacy coursework at the University of Tasmania. He has a special interest in obesity research and currently supervising graduate students on examining medication use in obese patients within Australian hospitals. He is also leading several practice-based research projects in Australia, France and Middle East.      

Professor Jason Roberts is a NHMRC Research Fellow at The University of Queensland, Consultant Clinical Pharmacist at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Adjunct Professor with Queensland University of Technology. He is a clinician-scientist with a strong interest in research and his principal research theme is optimization of antibiotic dosing in the critically ill. Prof Roberts has published over 250 published papers and book chapters on this topic, has been awarded over $20 million in grants and supervises 16 higher research degree students.