Joey is a trained vestibular audiologist, a world leading pioneer in vertigo and tinnitus recovery, and the Founder and Director of Seeking Balance International. Over the last 10-years Joey has created the ROCK STEADY and BEAUTIFUL BALANCE programs that transform the lives of people suffering with persistent vertigo or tinnitus. She teaches those suffering with chronic symptoms how to change their brain and body by healing with the ‘neuroplasticity’ recovery process Joey has presented at medical conferences around the world, authored journal articles and run workshops internationally. She offers a highly needed and refreshing perspective on healing for people living with debilitating vertigo or tinnitus.

Dr Elodie Chiarovano is Doctor of Philosophy at the Paris Descartes University (France), graduating in January 2006 with a thesis in Neurosciences untitled: “Postural instability in seniors: peripheral or central vestibular disorder?”. She is now Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the School of Psychology, University of Sydney in A/Prof MacDougall’s team. She developed new protocols for balance assessment and balance rehabilitation using Virtual Reality. Her work is now implemented in more than 50 clinics in Australia and New Zealand.

Associate Professor Hamish MacDougall is Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney, graduating in 2003 with a thesis on The Human Eye-Movement Response to Maintained Surface Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation. Three years of postdoctoral training at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York), he returned to Australia as an Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow in 2006. He is currently Principal Research Fellow of a Rapid Translation of Advanced Vestibular Testing and Treatment project (with the Garnett Pass Rodney William Memorial Foundation) at the School of Psychology, University of Sydney. Dr MacDougall developed a range of innovative methods and technologies. For example, he invented the Video Head-Impulse Test which is today commercialized in 66 countries worldwide and had significantly improved patients benefit and helped clinicians in the assessment of vestibular function.

Dr Carlo Rinaudo is a registered Chiropractor from Australia with post-graduate training in clinical neuroscience and sports. Dr Rinaudo is the clinic director of a multidisciplined clinic, focused on helping people with dizziness, concussion and balance related conditions. He is currently undertaking a PhD in Vestibular (balance) therapy at University of New South Wales and Neuroscience Research Australia (www.NeuRA.edu.au), working alongside leading researchers and Neurologist in the field. He is a frequent speaker at national and international events, presenting his research findings at conferences or teaching practitioners about vestibular rehabilitation, including at the 2017 and 219 ECU and WFC conference Dr Carlo Rinaudo is an engaging presenter, uniquely combining 20 years of clinical experience with current research from multi-disciplined fields, providing an enjoyable and easy-approach ‘knowledge translation’ for the everyday Chiropractor.

Sarah Edelman PhD is a clinical psychologist, author and presenter. She previously worked as a researcher and lecturer at the Health Psychology Unit, UTS. In addition to her private practice, Sarah conducts training for the Black Dog Institute, mental health professionals, and Sydney University Centre for Continuing Education. Since 2008, Sarah’s private practice has focused on treatment of patients with dizziness, and she was primary investigator in a clinical trial of CBT treatment for patients with chronic subjective dizziness. She has published many articles in professional and mainstream journals, and is a frequent guest on ABC radio. Her book, ‘Change your Thinking’, is a best seller in the self-help genre. She also co-authored ‘Good Thinking – a teenagers’ guide to managing stress and emotions using CBT’, and her third book on CBT for managing anxiety and worry was published in July 2019.

Dr Shaun Watson is a senior neurologist and neuro-otologist at Prince of Wales Public and Private Hospitals at Randwick in Sydney. In the public hospital he has run the Dizziness and Balance Clinic since 2003, but also mainly sees dizzy patients in his private rooms at Randwick and Blacktown. At his Blacktown rooms he performs over 600 vestibular function tests each year. He was awarded a PhD (UNSW) in 1999 in vestibular neurophysiology, supervised by Prof James Colebatch, and has published over 30 peer reviewed papers. However his strong focus is on clinical neuro-otology and he has a very large experience managing patients with complex and unusual vertigo and imbalance syndromes, especially vestibular migraine and mal de debarquement syndrome.

Dr. Viviana Mucci (Ph.D) is a postdoc researcher from University of Zurich and currently affiliated to the Swiss Concussion Centre, Schulthess Klinik in Switzerland. Viviana was awarded in November 2018 with the Future Science Early Career Research Award, following her work on Mal de Debarquement Syndrome performed during her Ph.D. She completed her Ph.D. program in the field of Neurotology in July 2018 from Antwerp University, Faculty of Medical Science. Her background involves a BSc in Medical Physiology (University of East London, UK), which she completed with distinction in 2012 and a MSc in Space Physiology and Health from King’s College London (UK), where she graduated in 2013. Since her Ph.D. Viviana’s work has been focusing on continuing investigating Mal de Debarquement Syndrome. She currently continues treating MdDS patients in Switzerland (Zurich and Geneva). At the same time she is also brining forward a new frontiers of sensory integration in patients affected by post concussion syndrome. She is assessing specifically the presence of Visually Induced Dizziness and a visual sensitivity in professional athletes after multiple concussions, at the Swiss Concussion Centre. Although the vestibular knowledge has grown over the last few decades there are still many pieces of this remarkable system that remain to be addressed. This lack of knowledge is a strong drive for Viviana to continue pursuing research in this particular field.