Kalinda is a Yawuru woman of Broome, born and living in Darwin. Kalinda has completed a Certificate III in Laboratory Techniques, Bachelor of Biomedical Science, Master of Public Health (both at CDU) and a PhD in Cancer Epidemiology at the University of Sydney. She is an early career researcher and Scientia Lecturer at the Centre for Big Data Research in Health at UNSW and Research and Education Lead for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health at the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre. Dr Griffiths also holds honorary positions at the University of Melbourne and Menzies School of Health Research.
Dr Griffiths is an emerging internationally recognised Aboriginal researcher with a focus on data governance and epidemiology to drive health equity in Australia. Her outcomes are highly translational and works to improve the health and wellbeing outcomes for all Australians with a particular focus on health measurement, data quality and governance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
In 2011, Kalinda was named the ‘Northern Territory Young Australian of the Year’ and more recently, the 2019 Lowitja Institutes ‘Emerging Researcher Award’.