Dr Trudy Lin, awarded Young Australian of the Year for South Australia in 2022, and one of ten everyday Australians selected to represent Australia at Queen Eliabeth the II’s funeral, is one of only 3 specialists in Special Needs Dentistry in South Australia, one of only 26 in Australia, providing care to people with disability, complex medical conditions (such as cancer) and with complex psychosocial circumstances (e.g. domestic violence victims).

She delivers oral health care at a clinic in Mile End and provides mobile dentistry in people’s homes and residential care facilities. Outside of her clinical work, Trudy is a leadership coach and a workshop facilitator for the SA Health Leading Clinicians program, with her first involvement in 2017, and involved in various national and international advocacy roles, including the Australasian representative for the International Advisory Committee for the International Association for Disability and Oral Health (IADH).