She was the ABC’s first national science and medical reporter for ABC TV news and for the 7.30 Report, and has also appeared on ABC TV’s Quantum and Catalyst, ABC radio, and SBS’s Insight.
Gael is an award-winning author of two non-fiction books and is a regular commentator on ABC TV News Breakfast and 774 ABC radio. She has held directorships on over a dozen boards, and is currently on the board of VARTA (Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority) and an Honorary Fellow at the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne.
Gael holds a First Class Honours degree in Science from the University of Melbourne, and PhD in Immunology from The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.
Gael will use her renowned expertise and topic experience to lead and guide the panel discussion.
