Megan Williams

Megan Williams is a Wiradjuri through her father's family and has worked for two decades on research, programs and advocacy to improve health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the criminal justice system. She has published several articles for Croakey.org and the #JustJustice series, as well as a wide range of reports, articles and podcasts on justice health. Megan is a member of the AIHW National Prisoner Health Information Committee, member of the Corrective Services NSW Aboriginal Advisory Council and previous Chair of the Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network Human Research Ethics Committee.

Megan is principal of Yulang Indigenous Evaluation and is an honorary member of the Girra Maa Indigenous Health Discipline at UTS. Megan works with multiple community and government partners on NHMRC, ARC and industry grants about throughcare, palliative care and informal caregiving in criminal justice contexts by Aboriginal people.

Megan developed the 'Ngaa-bi-nya' Aboriginal evaluation framework (said 'nar bin ya'), and is a trained Aboriginal Family Wellbeing program facilitator and miimi sister of Mibbinbah health promotion charity.