Luciana Massi joined the Mater Research Institute in April 2022 as Research Officer in Indigenous Health Projects. She works on the Health Research Priorities Study for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in Queensland, and the NHMRC Stillbirth Centre for Research Excellence, in the co-design of stillbirth prevention and care resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Luciana is in her final year of a PhD through the Molly Wardaguga Research Centre, Charles Darwin University evaluating strengths-based programs to improve health, well-being and birthing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies. She has a background in Business Communication and a Master of International Public Health from the University of Sydney (2009). Luciana is a researcher and teaching academic with over 15 years’ experience in public health, focusing on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, mixed methods research, health program management, post graduate teaching (health promotion and disease prevention) and workplace training. She has experience conducting qualitative research on various evaluation studies at Mater Research, University of Queensland, University of Sydney, The George Institute for International Health and various birthing hospitals in Brisbane, Queensland including the Mater Mother’s Hospital. Luciana has a strong interest in all aspects of public health and social justice, especially working with disadvantaged groups and advancing the needs and support of women, children and families.