Prof Debbie Turner | Queensland University of Technology Debbie Turner is a Professor in Podiatry at Queensland University of Technology. She is an experienced podiatrist with an extended scope of practice including diagnostic ultrasound imaging, injection therapy, clinical gait analysis and a clinical specialist interest in rheumatology and diabetes. She has worked as a clinical specialist podiatrist previously in leading centres for rheumatology research including Leeds and Glasgow in the UK and gained an Arthritis Research UK academic fellowship in 2007. She has published extensively in the field of rheumatology, helped to build capacity in podiatry rheumatology research.

Dr Ximena Wortsman | Universidad de Chile and University of Miami Dr. Ximena Wortsman is a radiologist and pioneer in dermatologic ultrasound. She is ranked top 1 worldwide in the number of publications and citations on dermatologic ultrasound. Due to her work in this field, she has been awarded the category of fellow member of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) the American Society of Ultrasound, which is a way to recognize individuals who have substantially contributed in a most distinguished fashion to the field of ultrasound. She also received the prestigious Joseph H. Holmes Clinical Ultrasound Pioneer Award 2024 from the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. During the last 24 years, she has been fully dedicated to developing applications and research in dermatologic ultrasound. She has more than 280 publications, including three books, “Dermatologic Ultrasound with Clinical and Histologic Correlations,” “Atlas of Dermatologic Ultrasound,” and “Textbook of Dermatologic Ultrasound” and a publication in the The Lancet. She is in the Top 2% Scientist Ranking according to Standford and Elsevier data and her current h-index is 49 in Google Scholar and 34 in Web of Science. Dr. Wortsman currently works at the Institute for Diagnostic Imaging and Research of the Skin and Soft Tissues in Santiago, Chile. She is an adjunct professor at the Departments of Dermatology of Universidad de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago, Chile and also a Voluntary Associate Professor at the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery of the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, USA. Dr. Wortsman has been a speaker at multiple international dermatological and radiological congresses about this field and belongs to several international scientific societies. Her daily work and lines of research comprise a wide range of ultrasound applications in dermatology. She has actively participated in the early ultrasound detection and characterization of multiple dermatologic pathologies and in creating guidelines, protocols, and sonographic scorings in this field, which are currently used in multiple countries around the world. More information at: www.ximenawortsman.com; X (ex-Twitter): @xworts and Instagram: @xworts