Kristy Meiselbach
2026 Fellow
Kristy Meiselbach is a PhD Candidate in the Evaluation and Implementation Science Unit at the Centre for Health Policy, University of Melbourne. A proud Gunditjmara woman, she is committed to culturally safe, strength-based approaches that improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Kristy holds a Bachelor of Biomedicine (RMIT) and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. She brings over five years of experience as a Research Assistant in the School of Population and Global Health, contributing to nationally significant projects such as HPV self-collection for Aboriginal women, NDIS evaluation, Indigenous genetic services, and the More than a Landlord Aboriginal life-coaching initiative. Her expertise includes stakeholder engagement, co-design, ethics processes, and culturally informed qualitative research.
Her doctoral research focuses on barriers and enablers Aboriginal women face in accessing HPV vaccination, cervical screening and colposcopy. She aims to improve equity in cervical cancer prevention service delivery, explore flexible models of care and help reduce the number of under-screened Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a cervix.
Kristy also contributes to advancing Indigenous scholarship as part of the editorial team for First Nations Health and Wellbeing: The Lowitja Journal, coordinating webinars, leading capacity-building initiatives, and supporting Indigenous writers through targeted training and workshops.