Annual Health Professional Seminar Series 2026 - speakers

Dr Treasure McGuire 

PhD, BPharm, BSc, GradDipClinHospPharm, GCHEd, FACP, FPS, FANZCAP (Edu, ObsGynae), MSHP 

Treasure is a medicines information pharmacist, educator, and researcher in reproductive health. As Assistant Director of Pharmacy, she regularly presents for GP credentialing with Mater Mothers’ Hospital, Brisbane and consults on complex cases assessing medication safety in pregnancy and lactation. She holds appointments as: Assoc/Prof of Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, and Assoc/Prof Clinical, School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland.

Sue Smith  

Sue Smith holds a Diploma in Community Services Work, with experience as an allied health assistant and enrolled nurse. A burns survivor of over 60 years, she is a founding and active member of the ANZBA Consumer Advisory Group. Passionate about prevention, advocacy, and holistic care, Sue shares her lived experience to support others and health professionals alike. In 2024, she contributed to the Global Burns Injury Workshop, helping identify the Top 10 global research priorities in burn injury.

Rebecca Jenkinson

Monica Hogan

Monica is an endorsed midwife, IBCLC, and PhD candidate at ANU, with over 40 years’ Nursing and Midwifery experience. She is currently researching wound healing after tongue tie division and its impact on breastfeeding. Monica serves as an educator and practitioner at Canberra Health Services and runs a private practice offering midwifery and lactation care, including tongue tie division.

Dr Nina Chad

Naomi Hull

RN, Cert IV BF Education, IBCLC, MPH (Nutrition), PhD

Naomi is a RN, IBCLC and has a Master of Public Health. Part of the ABA family for over 22 years, Naomi has held various roles such as breastfeeding counsellor, Branch President, Regional Rep, and more recently, Senior Manager Breastfeeding Information and Research. Naomi is passionate about seeing strong policy change from the top down to better enable breastfeeding.

Brigitte Corcoran

BAppSc., Grad Dip Nutr. Diet.

Brigitte is paediatric dietitian with nearly 30 years of experience, having worked across a wide range of healthcare settings - from acute tertiary hospitals to community health and private practice - both in Queensland and internationally. Passionate about early life nutrition and growth, she is dedicated to giving every infant the best possible start in life.

Judith Russell

RN, RM, IBCLC, MClinEd.

Judy is a clinical midwife consultant for lactation at Grampians Health Ballarat where she managed the Breastfeeding Service for 10 years. She has 35 years experience as an IBCLC. She will be presenting her research exploring women’s experiences of breastfeeding a late preterm or early term infant, specifically in the context of informed decision making for early planned birth.

Deborah Bartrip

BMid MMid ERM IBCLC

Dr Jennifer Hocking

BA, BN, GradDipMid, MMid , PhD, RM, RN, FACM 

Jen worked as a midwife in the Australian public maternity system for 20 years before undertaking a PhD – a focused ethnographic study of lactation consultant practice which she completed in 2020. She worked as a lecturer in, and course coordinator of, the Bachelor of Midwifery program at the Australian Catholic University (Melbourne) from 2018 – late 2023. Jen was awarded a fellowship of the Australian College of Midwives in 2023 for her work in the profession and the College and has been ACM Victorian branch chair since 2018.  Jen commenced work at the Australian Breastfeeding Association in December 2023 as professional engagement lead and coordinator of the ABA WHO Code Advocacy project.