Dr Paula Vassallo is the Director of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. She Received her degree in Dentistry from the University of Malta in 1992. She also holds a Diploma in Dental Public Health from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, a Master of Science in Dental Public Health from the University College London and an MBA from the Warwick Business School. In 2011 she was elected Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom.

Dr. Vassallo has been a practicing dentist since 1993 and is a lecturer in Dental Public Health at the University of Malta. She is the Past President of the the Council of European Chief Dental Officers and past Chair of the Platform for Better Oral health in Europe. She is currently President of the European Association of Dental Public Health

Dr Tanya Melillo is a consultant in public health medicine who heads the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Unit

Dr Manwel Fenech is an infectious disease consultant working at MDH doing HIV and general infectious diseases.

Jackie Roberts is a UK born visual artist and HIV activist who came from Scotland to live and work permanently on the Maltese island of Gozo in 2001. Jackie has for many years been involved in aspects of the artistic and cultural life of the islands, specifically in art, craft and music bringing her 'past life' professional skills in PR, event organisation, community development and education to good use in a variety of initiatives.

More recently she was invited to join the Board of NGO Checkpoint Malta bringing valuable life experience as a woman living with HIV for many years, helping to build organisational capacity and offering new perspectives.

Dr Tristan Barber is a Consultant Physician in HIV Medicine at the Ian Charleson Day Centre, Royal Free Hospital, and Honorary Associate Professor at the Institute for Global Health, University College London. He a British HIV Association (BHIVA) Trustee and Executive Committee member, as well as Chair of the BHIVA Education and Scientific Subcommittee and Chair of the Board of Trustees for the peer support charity Positively UK. He established and leads on a dedicated frailty service for ageing patients with HIV infection (The Sage Clinic). He is an Associate Editor for the BMJ journal ‘STI’ and a Joint Editor for ‘HIV Research and Clinical Practice’. He is passionate about supporting global HIV educational and research programmes and is Chair of the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) Young Investigatory Network (YING).

Michael O’Dea is a Health and Medical psychologist who currently coordinates the National Chemsex Service of Terrence Higgins Trust, a British charity that campaigns about and provides services relating to HIV and sexual health. Mr O’Dea is interested in innovative sexual health programs, gbMSM wellbeing, HIV advocacy, stigma experiences and processes, health promotion and therapeutic interventions.

Dr Donia Gamoudi graduated from the Malta Medical School as a doctor of medicine and surgery in 2011. After working for 6 years in Malta in various medical and surgical specialties, she moved to the United Kingdom where she furthered her specialist training in Genitourinary Medicine at the Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust for 3 years. She then became a Consultant in Genito-Urinary Medicine in Malta in 2020. Her work led to a specialisation in the field of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV, contraception and psychosexual medicine. During her training, Dr Gamoudi also obtained 3 diplomas in Genitourinary Medicine, HIV Medicine and Sexual and Reproductive health, and presented on various topics at both local and international conferences. She is keen on teaching and taught the HIV and STI modular courses to various medical students and other healthcare professionals.

Donia is an active member of the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH), British HIV Association (BHIVA) and the International Union against STIs (IUSTI). She is also the first author of the European guideline on the organisation of a consultation for sexually transmitted infections.