Sarah Hilmer (BScMed(Hons) MBBS(Hons) FRACP PhD) is the head of the department of Clinical Pharmacology and a senior staff specialist in Aged Care at Royal North Shore Hospital. She is Conjoint Professor of Geriatric Pharmacology at The University of Sydney. She is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Scientists (FAHMS) and was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her service to clinical and geriatric pharmacology in 2022. Hilmer’s translational research program in Ageing and Pharmacology at the Kolling Institute includes basic, clinical and population studies to understand the effects of medications and of deprescribing in ageing and frailty. Sarah is chair of the IUPHAR Clinical and Translational Section and also Chairs its Geriatric Pharmacology Committee.

Priyadharshani Galappatthy, MBBS(Col), MD(Col), MRCP(UK), DipMedTox(Cardiff), FCCP, FRCP(Lond) is Senior Professor and Chair Professor of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. She was a World Health Organisation (WHO) Consultant, in the Patient Safety and Quality of Care Unit, Integrated Health Services Department, WHO Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland from 2022-2024 supporting the implementation of the WHO Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030. She was involved in the planning of the WHO third Global Patient Safety Challenge on Medication Without Harm, launched in 2017 and drafted the National Action Plan on medication safety in Sri Lanka launched in 2021. She currently supports the Joint Commission International on improving patient safety through their ‘Patient Safety Pathways’ initiative launched in 2025. She is deputy chair of IUPHAR Medical & Clinical Pharmacology Committee. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority of Sri Lanka, contributing to medicines regulation in the country.

Dr. Kazumi Tanaka is a Professor in the Department of Healthcare Quality and Safety at Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine. She is a doctor with a PhD and a pharmacist with an MPharm. With a background as a surgeon and a pharmacist, she has extensive experience in hospital patient safety management, patient safety education and training, quality improvement, and simulation. She also worked at the Patient Safety Flagship at the World Health Organization (WHO) Headquarters in Geneva from 2019 to 2020, where she contributed to the publication of several materials, including the Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030.