Louise Harms is Associate Professor and Deputy Head at the Department of Social Work, the University of Melbourne.

She worked as a social worker in direct practice for nine years in hospital and educational settings, before moving into social work teaching and research in 2001.

Her research interests are in the areas of trauma, loss and resilience, human development and communication skills, primarily in health settings.

Marie Connolly is Professor and Head of Social Work at the University of Melbourne. She has been at Melbourne for two years following a five-year senior executive appointment within the New Zealand government as Chief Social Worker.

Prior to this, she was Associate Professor and Head of Department at the University of Canterbury and founding Director of the Te Awatea Violence Research Centre. She has a social work background in statutory child welfare.