Mikala Sedgwick is a Gamilaraay public health and disability researcher based with the Mayi Kuwayu Study.

She recently completed the MPhil in Applied Epidemiology (MAE) concentrating on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing and measuring disability among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

She specialises in public health, disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing. With a key research interest in amplifying the voices from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability community along with increasing research that is community led, desigend and driven.

Mikala is planning to undertake her PhD based within the Yardhura Walani National Centre for Aboriginal and Torrres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research so she can continue further meaningful, community priority driven research in the disability space.