Dr Andrew Goodman is an Aboriginal man from Iningai Country in Queensland. Prior to his PhD, Dr Goodman spent more than 13 years as an Indigenous Healthcare Worker in Queensland, focusing on cardiac and healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Currently, he is a Postdoctoral Fellow with CSIROs Australian eHealth Research Centre, exploring the intersection, challenges and opportunities of digital health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ health and wellbeing. With his core value system of ‘Relationships before Partnerships’, Dr Goodman takes a relational approach to research agenda setting anchored by a value-based accountability with prospective partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and organisations.