Dr Elizabeth Dawes-Higgs is a Fellow of the Australasian College of Dermatologists. She has a degree in Medicine and Engineering and has been awarded a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Sydney. This research combined both her Engineering and Dermatology experience to study the biomechanical properties of skin. In doing this she is a co-inventor of a device for examining the elastic properties of skin.

After completing her science degree, Dr Nina Wines graduated in Medicine from the University of Sydney. She then obtained the Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Royal Australasian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) prior to being admitted as a Fellow of the Australasian College of Dermatologists. In 2007 she was awarded the FC Florence Bequest by Australasian College of Dermatologists and completed a travelling fellowship in Dermatology in Europe primarily based at Yorkhill Hospital for Sick Children Glasgow , Our Ladys Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin , Ireland, The Royal Infirmary Hospital, Edinburgh and Charitie Hospital Berlin Germany.