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My current research examines equity-focused heart failure discharge planning and the acceptability of digital health and AI-enabled models of community-based heart failure care management. I am interested in applying Indigenous co-design methodologies, including the Tongan Kakala framework, to ensure new digital health tools are culturally grounded and address bias in AI systems.

Sandra Hanchard

Chair, Stewardship Group AIHRN

The University of Auckland

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I am a clinical audiologist, clinician researcher and honorary lecturer at the University of Auckland with a strong interest in public health and service re-design. I completed my PhD through University of Queensland in 2023 investigating audiology-led models of care in ORL services. I currently work as an Advanced Audiology Practitioner at Health NZ Counties Manukau, Auckland and hold a Health Research Council (HRC) Clinical Practitioner Research Fellowship (2024). My current research interests include addressing inequities in hearing and ear care in Aotearoa, including the development of innovative services, technologies and tools to provide effective, efficient and sustainable improvements in clinical care. I am particularly interested in implementation science as a methodology to improve translation of innovative technologies into clinical practice.

Michelle Pokorny

Advanced Audiology Practitioner/HRC Clinical Fellow

Te Whatu Ora | HealthNZ, Counties Manukau & University of Auckland

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Postdoctoral researcher, spent a decade working as a support worker for children, adolescents and young adults with neurodevelopmental conditions, and conducted my PhD in Behavioural Neuroscience examining an animal model of Schizophrenia risk, throughout my time a student researcher I was using machine learning and tool AI, and saw opportunities for the type of tool AI we were employing to be used for early identification. Since completing my PhD I have moved into human neuroimaging and electrophysiology, still within the realm of neurodevelopmental conditions. Now I work on ADHD, leveraging large neuroimaging, cognition and psychopathology data to derive insights about functioning.

Jack Scott

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Otago

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I am a colorectal and general surgeon, Head of the Department of Surgery and Critical Care at the University of Otago, Christchurch, and a clinician with Health New Zealand. My research focuses on the development, validation and implementation of artificial intelligence to improve surgical and cancer care. Current programmes include digital pathology, computer vision for surgery, multimodal prediction models integrating pathology, imaging and clinical data, and AI-supported clinical decision-making. I am particularly interested in translating AI from research into routine clinical practice through multidisciplinary collaborations involving clinicians, engineers, computer scientists, health providers and industry. My goal is to develop clinically useful, trustworthy AI that improves patient outcomes, supports healthcare professionals and advances precision medicine.

Tim Eglinton

Head of Department of Surgery and Critical Care

University of Otago, Christchurch

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Ketan is a Software Developer at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute with a background in Full-Stack development, artificial intelligence, cloud technologies, Android, AOSP, AR/VR, and game development. His current interests include digital health, wearable technologies, health data integration, AI-enabled healthcare applications, and the development of software platforms that support research and clinical innovation. He is interested in exploring how data collected from wearable devices and connected sensors can be structured, integrated, and used responsibly in research and healthcare settings. His areas of expertise include mobile application development, wearable and sensor integration, software architecture, cloud-based systems, and emerging immersive technologies.

Ketan

Software developer

University of Auckland - Bioengineering Institute (ABI)

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Dr Mohammed Mohammed is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy Practice at Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland. His research sits at the intersection of digital health, health services and outcomes research, with a focus on improving the safety and appropriateness of medicines use. He brings together patient perspectives, routinely collected health data and advanced analytical methods to understand and reduce medication-related burden and associated harm, particularly among older adults and people living with multiple long-term conditions and complex medicine regimens. His work also examines how AI and other digital technologies can support medicines optimisation, personalised prescribing and deprescribing, and improve patient outcomes and quality of life.

Mohammed Mohammed

Senior Lecturer

The University of Auckland

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Associate Professor Hamish Jamieson is a Geriatrician working at Burwood Hospital in Christchurch. As a practicing medical specialist he is interested in contributing to research that can be translated to improved patient care.

Hamish Jamieson

Associate Professor and Geriatrician

University of Otago

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Jarmo Pulkkinen, PhD in Administrative Sciences, is an independent researcher at the University of Lapland in Finland, focusing on digital transformation in public-sector service production. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Health Organization and Management, BMC Health Services Research, and Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration. Pulkkinen works as an editorial secretary for the Finnish Administrative Studies journal and serves as an active peer reviewer for several scientific journals. Over the past 20+ years, Pulkkinen has worked on digitalization projects with 300+ public- and private-sector organizations as an entrepreneur at Web Fellows Ltd. Currently, he works as a fixed-term AI project manager at Wellbeing Services County of Central Uusimaa, a public health and social care organization.

Jarmo Pulkkinen

Researcher

University of Lapland and Web Fellows Ltd

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I am a clinical pharmacist, pharmacoepidemiologist and Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy Practice at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland. My research asks who is harmed by the medicines and health systems we use, and how data and technology can help prevent that harm. My work spans population-based pharmacoepidemiology, AI-assisted clinical decision support and digital health. I use linked national health data to study medicine-related outcomes, particularly persistent opioid use, and develop clinically grounded AI tools that translate evidence into practice. This includes leading a LLM-assisted colonoscopy referral-triage programme and contributing to disease prediction using wearables.

Jay Gong

Senior Lecturer

University of Auckland

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