Dr Brendan Nolan is an endocrinologist at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane and Research Fellow in the Trans Health Research Group (University of Melbourne). Brendan’s PhD evaluated the safety and efficacy of gender affirming hormone therapy for transgender and gender-diverse individuals. He continues postdoctoral research evaluating optimal gender affirming hormone therapy with funding from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians-Endocrine Society of Australia Research Establishment Fellowship. Brendan was the recipient of the Bryan Hudson Clinical Endocrinology Award at the 2022 Endocrine Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting and was recently a finalist for the Victorian Premier’s Awards for Health and Medical Research.