Dr Griffiths is a Yawuru woman, epidemiologist and early career Scientia Lecturer at the Centre for Big Data Research in Health at UNSW. Kalinda holds honorary fellowships at Menzies School of Health Research as well as the University of Melbourne and is Deputy Editor of the Health Promotion Journal of Australia. Her work addresses complex health disparities in populations through the use of existing data. Kalinda’s research focuses on Indigenous Data Governance and the measurement of health disparities with a particular interest in improving health services and disease outcomes as well as building health research capabilities in regional and remote Australia. Dr Griffiths is the recipient of various awards, notably she was 2011 Young Australian of the Year (NT), was Lowitja Institute’s Emerging Researcher for 2019, was a Science and Technology Australia’s Superstar of STEM for 2019-2020 and is the 2021 Australian Health Promotion Association’s ‘Thinker in Residence’.