ProfessorJohn Gilroy

BA Sociology and Aboriginal Studies; Honours Sociology (1st class); PhD

John is a Yuin man from the NSW South Coast and is a professor of Indigenous health and disability, specialising primarily in disability studies. John has worked in disability and ageing research projects and community development initiatives with Aboriginal communities, government, and non-government stakeholders for most of his life. He is the first person to create Indigenous research methodologies in disability research. John is passionate about Aboriginal owned and driven research as means to influence policy. John has led many research projects in urban and rural/remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.