Sonja is the Secretary of the ePsychology Interest Group. She is a Clinical Psychologist, Family Therapist and Board Approved Supervisor with over 25 years experience in NSW public health hospitals, community health, inpatient mental health, and in the private sector. She is currently studying a Master of Health Leadership and Management at UNSW, including a subject on Digital Health interventions. She has recent experience on a digital patient referral working group as part of a broader digital transformation team. Sonja has a keen interest in the ethics of digital health and AI, evidence-based research in digital health/AI interventions for psychology and for enhancing inter-disciplinary coordinated care, digital health policy and frameworks, and workforce digital literacy.

Prof Gemma Sharp leads the Body Image & Eating Disorders Research Program at the University of Queensland. She has a special interest in digital mental health initiatives (e.g., mobile apps, chatbots) which have been successfully employed internationally. She is also the Founding Director of the Consortium for Research in Eating Disorders which is a first-of-its-kind international initiative that brings together all people involved in eating disorders research - researchers, clinicians, people with lived experience, advocates, not-for-profit and industry representatives - globally. Prof Sharp is also a senior clinical psychologist and nationally credentialed eating disorder clinician. She has led her own private practice since 2019.