Dr Nicola Ball is a medical doctor and early-career public health professional. Her research interests include tobacco control, lung health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing.

Nicola works as a Research Fellow on the Tobacco Free program at the National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research. Her primary work is an evaluation of the Tackling Indigenous Smoking program. The evaluation will focus on implementation quality and efficiency, and quantify the impact and outcomes of the Tackling Indigenous Smoking Regional Tobacco Control Grants on smoking prevalence and other tobacco-related indicators.