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Dr John Gilroy

BA Sociology and Aboriginal Studies; Honours Sociology (1st class); PhD
Senior Lecturer

C43T - T Block Cumberland Campus
The University of Sydney

Telephone +61427238776

Biographical details

John is a Koori man from the Yuin Nation and is a doctor of sociology in Indigenous health, specialising in disability studies. John has worked in disability and ageing research and community development with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, government and non-government staekholders for over ten years. John is passionate about Aboriginal community owned and driven research as means to influence policy. Since completing his PhD in 2013, John is involved in a range of projects with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with disabilities, their families and communities. ​

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Research interests

  • Disability
  • Ageing
  • Community Development
  • Sociology
  • Aboriginal community control
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Current research students

Project title Research student
Indigenous Cultural Competence in Dentistry and Oral Health Higher Education Cathryn FORSYTH
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Current projects

2016
• Remote Aboriginal families and carers of children with disabilities; Gilroy J, Lincoln M, Taylor K, Flood V, Dew A, Jensen H, Barton R; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Indigenous (IN).
2015
• Identifying facilitators to living on and off Country in Central Australia; Gilroy J, Lincoln M, Taylor K, Flood V, Dew A, Jensen H, McRae K, Barton R; Department of Family and Community Services (NSW)/Research Support.
• The transition from hospital to home: a longitudinal study of Indigenous traumatic brain injury (TBI); Gilroy J; National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants.
• Living on Country: Seniors and People with Disability in Central Australia; Gilroy J; DVC Research/Bridging Support Grant.
2013
• NSW Government Audit of Disability Research in Australia; Kavanagh A, Llewellyn G, Bleasdale M, Emerson E, Madden R, Smith-Merry J, Gilroy J, Veitch C; Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (NSW)/Research Grants Program.

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Associations

Board Member of the Disability Advocacy Service Inc (http://www.das.org.au/)

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Awards and honours

  • Dean Merit Award (member of UOW Alumni)
  • Sister Alison Bush Medal (member of USYD Alumni)
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Themes

Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Health

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Selected grants

2017

  • Mind the gap: the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and mental health.; Smith-Merry J, Llewellyn G, Gilroy J, Hancock N; DVC Research/Sydney Policy Lab.
  • Indigenous Health and Critical Self-Reflection: Looking inwards to achieve culturally safe practice; Gwynn J, Harvey A, Gilroy J, Russell-Mundine G, Penman M; DVC Education/Small Educational Innovation Grant.

2016

  • Remote Aboriginal families and carers of children with disabilities; Gilroy J, Lincoln M, Taylor K, Flood V, Dew A, Jensen H, Barton R; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Indigenous (IN).

2015

  • Identifying facilitators to living on and off Country in Central Australia; Gilroy J, Lincoln M, Taylor K, Flood V, Dew A, Jensen H, McRae K, Barton R; Department of Family and Community Services (NSW)/Research Support.
  • The transition from hospital to home: a longitudinal study of Indigenous traumatic brain injury (TBI); Gilroy J; National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants.
  • Living on Country: Seniors and People with Disability in Central Australia; Gilroy J; DVC Research/Bridging Support Grant.

2013

  • NSW Government Audit of Disability Research in Australia; Kavanagh A, Llewellyn G, Bleasdale M, Emerson E, Madden R, Smith-Merry J, Gilroy J, Veitch C; Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (NSW)/Research Grants Program.
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Selected publications & creative works

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Book Chapters

  • Gilroy, J., Donelly, M. (2016). Australian Indigenous people with disability: ethics and standpoint theory. In Shaun Grech, Karen Soldatic (Eds.), Disability in the Global South: The Critical Handbook, (pp. 545-566). Cham: Springer. [More Information]
  • Schofield, T., Gilroy, J. (2015). Indigeneity and health. In Toni Schofield (Eds.), A Sociological Approach to Health Determinants, (pp. 99-122). Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.

Journals

  • Coleman, C., Man, W., Gilroy, J., Madden, R. (2018). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability prevalence: making sense of multiple estimates and definitions. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, , 1-5. [More Information]
  • Forsyth, C., Irving, M., Tennant, M., Short, S., Gilroy, J. (2018). Indigenous cultural competence: A dental faculty curriculum review. European Journal of Dental Education, 22(3), e419-e426. [More Information]
  • Esgin, T., Hersh, D., Rowley, K., Gilroy, J., Newton, R. (2018). Indigenous research methodologies: decolonizing the Australian sports sciences. Health Promotion International, in press, 1-10. [More Information]
  • Bohanna, I., Fitts, M., Bird, K., Fleming, J., Gilroy, J., Esterman, A., Maruff, P., Clough, A. (2018). The transition from hospital to home: Protocol for a longitudinal study of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Brain Impairment, article in press. [More Information]
  • Revindran, S., Brentnall, J., Gilroy, J. (2017). Conceptualising disability: A critical comparison between Indigenous people in Australia and New South Wales disability service agencies. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 52(4), 367-387. [More Information]
  • Gilroy, J., Dew, A., Lincoln, M., Hines, M. (2017). Need for an Australian Indigenous disability workforce strategy: review of the literature. Disability and Rehabilitation, 39(16), 1664-1673. [More Information]
  • Forsyth, C., Irving, M., Tennant, M., Short, S., Gilroy, J. (2017). Teaching Cultural Competence in Dental Education: A Systematic Review and Exploration of Implications for Indigenous Populations in Australia. Journal of Dental Education, 81(8), 956-968. [More Information]
  • Gilroy, J., Emerson, E. (2016). Australian indigenous children with low cognitive ability: Family and cultural participation. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 56, 117-127. [More Information]
  • Gilroy, J., Donelly, M., Colmar, S., Parmenter, T. (2016). Twelve factors that can influence the participation of Aboriginal people in disability services. Australian Indigenous Health Bulletin, 16(1), 1-9. [More Information]
  • Gilroy, J. (2016). Understanding the NDIS: the scheme does not yet address all the needs of Indigenous people with disabilities. The Conversation, (July 8, 2016 6.04am AEST), 1-4.
  • Madden, R., Glozier, N., Fortune, E., Dyson, M., Gilroy, J., Bundy, A., Llewellyn, G., Salvador-Carulla, L., Lukersmith, S., Mpofu, E., Madden, R. (2015). In Search of an Integrative Measure of Functioning. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(6), 5815-5832. [More Information]
  • Gilroy, J., Biddle, N. (2014). Indigenous Australians can take pride in disability policy gains. The Conversation, (December 3, 2014 11.40am AEDT), 1-4.
  • Gilroy, J., Donelly, M., Colmar, S., Parmenter, T. (2013). Conceptual Framework for Policy and Research Development With Indigenous People with a Disability. Australian Aboriginal Studies, 2013 (2), 42-58.
  • Schofield, T., O'Brien, R., Gilroy, J. (2013). Indigenous higher education: overcoming barriers to participation in research higher degree programs. Australian Aboriginal Studies, 2, 13-28.
  • Gilroy, J. (2011). Changes needed to close the gap for Indigenous Australians with disabilities. The Conversation, (December 2, 2011 1.08pm AEDT), 1-3.
  • Gilroy, J. (2010). Establishing an Aboriginal Disability Research Strategy. Interaction (Canberra).
  • Gilroy, J. (2010). History of aboriginal people with a disability in NSW: How are aboriginal people with a disability positioned and represented in the NSW disability services sector. Interaction (Canberra), 24, 6-29.
  • Gilroy, J. (2009). The theory of the cultural interface and indigenous people with a disability in NSW. Balayi: culture, law and colonialism, 10, 44-58.
  • Gilroy, J. (2008). Service delivery for aboriginal people with a disability and their families. Disparity: Policy, Practice and Argument, 5, 24-27.

Conferences

  • Gwynn, J., Harvey, A., Gilroy, J., Penman, M., Russell-Mundine, G. (2018). Indigenous Health and Critical Self-Reflection: Looking inwards to achieve culturally safe practice. National Centre for Cultural Competence Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Sector: Dilemmas, Policies and Practice, Not applicable: Not Applicable Records.
  • Faulkner, N., Gilroy, J. (2014). Encountering Narratives and Narrating Encounters: comparing and contrasting Kaupapa Maori and Indigenous Standpoint Theories. International Indigenous Development Research Conference Proceedings, Auckland, New Zealand.

Magazine / Newspaper Articles

  • Forsyth, C., Irving, M., Gilroy, J., Short, S., Kruger, E., Tennant, M. (2016). How to improve the standard of dental care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people? Croakey.

Report

  • Smith-Merry, J., Hancock, N., Gilroy, J., Llewellyn, G., Yen, I., Bresnan, A. (2018). Mind the Gap: The National Disability Insurance Scheme and psychosocial disability. Final Report: Stakeholder identified gaps and solutions.

Other

  • Forsyth, C., Irving, M., Gilroy, J., Short, S., Tennant, M. (2017), Reforming higher education for dentists and oral health therapists to close-the-gap.
  • Gilroy, J. (2010), 1950s to 1980s: People with a disability in aboriginal communities.
  • Gilroy, J. (2010), A short piece of colonial history: People with a disability in aboriginal communities.
  • Gilroy, J. (2010), The early 1990s: People with a disability in aboriginal communities.

Research Reports

  • Madden, R., Gilroy, J., Madden, R., Bundy, A., Glozier, N., Manga, R., Clemson, L., Kayess, R., Mpofu, E., Einfeld, S., Llewellyn, G., Stancliffe, R. (2011). Submission to the Productivity Commission on Disability Care and Support - Submission DR942, 11 May 2011, (pp. 1 - 26). Canberra, Australia: Productivity Commission.

2018

  • Coleman, C., Man, W., Gilroy, J., Madden, R. (2018). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability prevalence: making sense of multiple estimates and definitions. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, , 1-5. [More Information]
  • Forsyth, C., Irving, M., Tennant, M., Short, S., Gilroy, J. (2018). Indigenous cultural competence: A dental faculty curriculum review. European Journal of Dental Education, 22(3), e419-e426. [More Information]
  • Gwynn, J., Harvey, A., Gilroy, J., Penman, M., Russell-Mundine, G. (2018). Indigenous Health and Critical Self-Reflection: Looking inwards to achieve culturally safe practice. National Centre for Cultural Competence Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Sector: Dilemmas, Policies and Practice, Not applicable: Not Applicable Records.
  • Esgin, T., Hersh, D., Rowley, K., Gilroy, J., Newton, R. (2018). Indigenous research methodologies: decolonizing the Australian sports sciences. Health Promotion International, in press, 1-10. [More Information]
  • Smith-Merry, J., Hancock, N., Gilroy, J., Llewellyn, G., Yen, I., Bresnan, A. (2018). Mind the Gap: The National Disability Insurance Scheme and psychosocial disability. Final Report: Stakeholder identified gaps and solutions.
  • Bohanna, I., Fitts, M., Bird, K., Fleming, J., Gilroy, J., Esterman, A., Maruff, P., Clough, A. (2018). The transition from hospital to home: Protocol for a longitudinal study of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Brain Impairment, article in press. [More Information]

2017

  • Revindran, S., Brentnall, J., Gilroy, J. (2017). Conceptualising disability: A critical comparison between Indigenous people in Australia and New South Wales disability service agencies. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 52(4), 367-387. [More Information]
  • Gilroy, J., Dew, A., Lincoln, M., Hines, M. (2017). Need for an Australian Indigenous disability workforce strategy: review of the literature. Disability and Rehabilitation, 39(16), 1664-1673. [More Information]
  • Forsyth, C., Irving, M., Gilroy, J., Short, S., Tennant, M. (2017), Reforming higher education for dentists and oral health therapists to close-the-gap.
  • Forsyth, C., Irving, M., Tennant, M., Short, S., Gilroy, J. (2017). Teaching Cultural Competence in Dental Education: A Systematic Review and Exploration of Implications for Indigenous Populations in Australia. Journal of Dental Education, 81(8), 956-968. [More Information]

2016

  • Gilroy, J., Emerson, E. (2016). Australian indigenous children with low cognitive ability: Family and cultural participation. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 56, 117-127. [More Information]
  • Gilroy, J., Donelly, M. (2016). Australian Indigenous people with disability: ethics and standpoint theory. In Shaun Grech, Karen Soldatic (Eds.), Disability in the Global South: The Critical Handbook, (pp. 545-566). Cham: Springer. [More Information]
  • Forsyth, C., Irving, M., Gilroy, J., Short, S., Kruger, E., Tennant, M. (2016). How to improve the standard of dental care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people? Croakey.
  • Gilroy, J., Donelly, M., Colmar, S., Parmenter, T. (2016). Twelve factors that can influence the participation of Aboriginal people in disability services. Australian Indigenous Health Bulletin, 16(1), 1-9. [More Information]
  • Gilroy, J. (2016). Understanding the NDIS: the scheme does not yet address all the needs of Indigenous people with disabilities. The Conversation, (July 8, 2016 6.04am AEST), 1-4.

2015

  • Madden, R., Glozier, N., Fortune, E., Dyson, M., Gilroy, J., Bundy, A., Llewellyn, G., Salvador-Carulla, L., Lukersmith, S., Mpofu, E., Madden, R. (2015). In Search of an Integrative Measure of Functioning. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(6), 5815-5832. [More Information]
  • Schofield, T., Gilroy, J. (2015). Indigeneity and health. In Toni Schofield (Eds.), A Sociological Approach to Health Determinants, (pp. 99-122). Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.

2014

  • Faulkner, N., Gilroy, J. (2014). Encountering Narratives and Narrating Encounters: comparing and contrasting Kaupapa Maori and Indigenous Standpoint Theories. International Indigenous Development Research Conference Proceedings, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Gilroy, J., Biddle, N. (2014). Indigenous Australians can take pride in disability policy gains. The Conversation, (December 3, 2014 11.40am AEDT), 1-4.

2013

  • Gilroy, J., Donelly, M., Colmar, S., Parmenter, T. (2013). Conceptual Framework for Policy and Research Development With Indigenous People with a Disability. Australian Aboriginal Studies, 2013 (2), 42-58.
  • Schofield, T., O'Brien, R., Gilroy, J. (2013). Indigenous higher education: overcoming barriers to participation in research higher degree programs. Australian Aboriginal Studies, 2, 13-28.

2011

  • Gilroy, J. (2011). Changes needed to close the gap for Indigenous Australians with disabilities. The Conversation, (December 2, 2011 1.08pm AEDT), 1-3.
  • Madden, R., Gilroy, J., Madden, R., Bundy, A., Glozier, N., Manga, R., Clemson, L., Kayess, R., Mpofu, E., Einfeld, S., Llewellyn, G., Stancliffe, R. (2011). Submission to the Productivity Commission on Disability Care and Support - Submission DR942, 11 May 2011, (pp. 1 - 26). Canberra, Australia: Productivity Commission.

2010

  • Gilroy, J. (2010), 1950s to 1980s: People with a disability in aboriginal communities.
  • Gilroy, J. (2010), A short piece of colonial history: People with a disability in aboriginal communities.
  • Gilroy, J. (2010). Establishing an Aboriginal Disability Research Strategy. Interaction (Canberra).
  • Gilroy, J. (2010). History of aboriginal people with a disability in NSW: How are aboriginal people with a disability positioned and represented in the NSW disability services sector. Interaction (Canberra), 24, 6-29.
  • Gilroy, J. (2010), The early 1990s: People with a disability in aboriginal communities.

2009

  • Gilroy, J. (2009). The theory of the cultural interface and indigenous people with a disability in NSW. Balayi: culture, law and colonialism, 10, 44-58.

2008

  • Gilroy, J. (2008). Service delivery for aboriginal people with a disability and their families. Disparity: Policy, Practice and Argument, 5, 24-27.
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