I’m a Senior Clinical Research Fellow (medical doctor) at the National Institute for Health Innovation at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
I completed my medical training at Nottingham Medical School: intercalated BMedSci 1997 (dissertation on Medical e-Learning) and Medical Degree (BMBS) in 2000. I have recently completed the New Zealand Executive MBA program at the University of Auckland.
In the UK, I worked at Cambridge University and for the NHS in Orthopaedics and General Surgery. In New Zealand, I’ve worked as a Clinical Lecturer in Health Informatics at the University of Otago before joining the University of Auckland.
My academic interests include Health Informatics, Mobile Computing, Medical e-Learning and Social Media. I’m the Chair of the IMIA Social Media Working Group.
I have created a number of health sector websites and social networking portals for clients including the NZ Families Commission, the Ministry of Health and the National Depression Initiative. I am the founder of New Media Medicine (one of the UK’s largest medical social networking sites) and the Health Informatics Forum, a popular social networking site for Health IT professionals.
