Amio Matenga Ikihele
Strategic Lead - Digital Health & AI; Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Organisation :
Moana Connect; University of Auckland
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Biography
Amio is a digital health equity researcher, clinician, and systems leader whose work is reshaping how Pacific communities engage with digital and medical technologies. She is a Fellow of Health Informatics New Zealand, a Winston Churchill Fellow, co-founder and Strategic Lead (Digital Health & AI) at Moana Connect and holds governance roles with MedTechIQ Aotearoa and Tamaki Makaurau, and the SCI Advisory Group for the Centre for Medical Device Technology (CMDT).
Research Projects and Ideas
Current digital and medical technology research projects include:
1. The role of digital health tools and improving Pacific health and wellbeing (HRC funded)
2. Improving Heart Health through Culturally Centered AI Nutrition Coaching (Pūtahi Manawa funded)
3. AI Pregnancy Navigator (Te Titoki Mataora funded)
4. The ORA study - Lung Function Monitoring (University of Canterbury; Catalyst Grant)
Collaborations and Skills
Connections of interest
Speciality(s)
AI Speciality(s):
AI Ethics
Model & Tool Development
Governance
Wearables
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Health Speciality(s):
Nursing
Paediatrics & Child Health
Public & Population Health
Women's Health & Obstetrics
Pacific Health
Primary Care
Respiratory