As a Professor in Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing in the School of Psychology and Exercise Science at Murdoch University, Rhonda Marriott is the Principle Research Lead for the Ngangka Yiri Research Group with a focus on Aboriginal Health and Social Equity research. In the last 18 months Rhonda has held a joint appointment with the Department of Health, Western Australia, as a Chair in Nursing, Maternal and Newborn Health, Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing. In this role she completed an environmental scan for the Nursing and Midwifery Office of the work in the areas of: • Workforce pathways for Aboriginal graduates (RN/EN). • Nursing and Midwifery Research capacity, translation and networks. • Nursing and Midwifery Leadership. The Department of Communities is working with Rhonda and Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations on the co-design of a new Parent and Baby Service. Rhonda was born in Derby, Western Australia, and is descended from Kimberley Nyikina people through her mother. She is a registered nurse and midwife and celebrates 50 years in nursing this year. In 2003 she became the inaugural Head of the School of Nursing at Murdoch University, and became the first Indigenous Head of a University School of Nursing in Australia. Rhonda’s research focus is community participatory action, and she is a chief investigator on 15 research projects addressing questions of concern to Aboriginal communities. In particular, Rhonda is leading a project titled “WA Aboriginal Children’s Health and Education Outcomes – Key Influencers”. This project has linked administrative data on all Aboriginal children born in Western Australia between 1990 and 2015, with data on their siblings and their parents. The project aims to address some critical gaps in the evidence base in the area of Aboriginal mental health, with a focus on the perinatal period and outcomes on children. Such extensive and integrated analyses has never been undertaken before, and will aim to address significant gaps in the evidence available to shape policy, mental health interventions and services for Aboriginal children and their parents in Western Australia.