Dr Ormond-Parker is a member of Alyawarr people of the Barkley Tablelands.  He is an Australian Research Council Fellow working with the Indigenous Studies Unit, Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne.  His current ARC-funded research is on Aboriginal Remote Narrowcast TV and the Audiovisual Archive.  Dr Ormond-Parker's areas of interest include Aboriginal cultural heritage, history of medical collections, history of collecting Aboriginal remains, archives, cultural heritage and culture as an Indigenous social determinant of health.