RESEARCH, REFLECTION AND IDEAS PUT INTO THE WORLD
Published Thinking
Some ideas begin with formal research. Others emerge from professional experience, observation, conversation or a line of poetry.
This page brings together my academic publications, doctoral research, professional essays, conference contributions and creative writing across clinical research, digital health, social media, food decision-making, project management, careers and the human side of change.
Featured Thinking
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article | 2017
In Sickness and in Health: Clinical Research and Social Media
An examination of how social media is changing communication, participation and information-sharing across clinical research, healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry.
Perspectives in Clinical Research, 8(2), 73-78
DOI: 10.4103/picr.PICR_131_16
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapter | Springer | 2021
Journeys into Becoming a Digital Health Specialist
A collaborative exploration of the varied professional and personal pathways through which people enter and develop careers in digital health.
Published in The Health Information Workforce
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-81850-0_25
Doctoral Research | University of Auckland
Behind the Scenes
My doctoral research investigated the relationship between online food ordering, social media and the food decisions of young adults in New Zealand.
The research brought together digital health, consumer behaviour, public health and the everyday realities behind apparently simple food choices.

Health Data Governance

Validity and More: Clinical Predictive Analysis Tool

Influence of Evidence-Based Research on Policy

My Thoughts on Competitive Advantage in Career Advancement

The Magic of Number 7 and PRINCE2

Journeys into Becoming a Digital Health Specialist

Book Chapter • 2021

In Sickness and in Health

Journal Article • 2017
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE | 2017
In Sickness and in Health: Clinical Research and Social Media
Explores the expanding role of social media in clinical research and the opportunities and responsibilities it creates for researchers, patients, healthcare professionals, regulators and pharmaceutical organisations.
SPRINGER BOOK CHAPTER | 2021
Journeys into Becoming a Digital Health Specialist
A chapter examining the diverse and often unconventional routes through which professionals build careers in health informatics and digital health.
DOCTORAL THESIS | UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND
Behind the Scenes: Online Food Ordering and Social Media Influence on Young Adult Food Consumption in New Zealand
Research into how digital environments, social media interactions and online food-ordering services influence the food-related decisions and experiences of young adults in New Zealand.

Scrolling Through the Plate

Understanding the role of social media in influencing food decisions.

Behind the Scenes: Online Food Ordering

Exploring how online food ordering shapes young adults’ food choices and behaviours.
RESEARCH PREPRINT | APRIL 2026
Behind the Scenes: Online Food Ordering
A research paper developed from my doctoral work examining the influences surrounding online food-ordering behaviour among young adults.
Publication status: Preprint. This work has not yet completed formal peer review.
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH PREPRINT | JUNE 2026
Scrolling Through the Plate
A qualitative study exploring why young adults photograph and share food through social media, and what these practices reveal about identity, connection, experience and digital food culture.
Publication status: Preprint. This work has not yet completed formal peer review.

Whispering AI: Ambient Scribes

Behind the Scenes

Book Chapter • 2021
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE | 2017
In Sickness and in Health: Clinical Research and Social Media
Explores the expanding role of social media in clinical research and the opportunities and responsibilities it creates for researchers, patients, healthcare professionals, regulators and pharmaceutical organisations.
SPRINGER BOOK CHAPTER | 2021
Journeys into Becoming a Digital Health Specialist
A chapter examining the diverse and often unconventional routes through which professionals build careers in health informatics and digital health.
DOCTORAL THESIS | UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND
Behind the Scenes: Online Food Ordering and Social Media Influence on Young Adult Food Consumption in New Zealand
Research into how digital environments, social media interactions and online food-ordering services influence the food-related decisions and experiences of young adults in New Zealand.
RESEARCH PREPRINT | APRIL 2026
Behind the Scenes: Online Food Ordering
A research paper developed from my doctoral work examining the influences surrounding online food-ordering behaviour among young adults.
Publication status: Preprint. This work has not yet completed formal peer review.
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH PREPRINT | JUNE 2026
Scrolling Through the Plate
A qualitative study exploring why young adults photograph and share food through social media, and what these practices reveal about identity, connection, experience and digital food culture.
Publication status: Preprint. This work has not yet completed formal peer review.
Ideas in Practice
Professional reflections connecting research, technology and project delivery with real-world questions.

Health Data Governance

Validity and More: Clinical Predictive Analysis Tool

Influence of Evidence-Based Research on Policy

My Thoughts on Competitive Advantage in Career Advancement

The Magic of Number 7 and PRINCE2

Whispering AI: Ambient Scribes

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HEALTHCARE | 2025
Whispering AI: Ambient Scribes
A reflection on ambient clinical documentation, the possibilities it creates and the human, operational and ethical questions that accompany its adoption.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT | 2024
The Magic of Number 7 and PRINCE2
A creative reflection connecting the recurring significance of the number seven with the structure and principles of PRINCE2 project management.
CAREERS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT | 2021
My Thoughts on Competitive Advantage in Career Advancement
Thoughts on how professionals can build meaningful differentiation through knowledge, adaptability and the way they communicate their value.
RESEARCH AND PUBLIC POLICY | 2021
Influence of Evidence-Based Research on Policy
A reflection on the relationship between evidence, public debate and policymaking, considered through New Zealand’s discussion of sugar taxation.
CLINICAL ANALYTICS | 2021
Validity and More: Clinical Predictive Analysis Tool
An accessible examination of clinical prediction tools, including the importance of validity, interpretation and responsible application.
HEALTH DATA | 2020
Health Data Governance: The I, You and We
An opinion piece on health-data governance, responsibility and the relationship between individual, organisational and collective interests.
DIGITAL HEALTH | WITH PROFESSOR SAMSON TSE
My View: A Conductor for Medical Internet Research
A proposal for helping people navigate the overwhelming volume and uneven quality of health information available online through a collaborative national platform.
Conference Work
HINZ CONFERENCE | 2019
How Are Young People's Decisions About Food Influenced by Their Use of Social Media?
An exploratory study using interviews to support the development of a questionnaire investigating social media and young adults’ food decisions.
Books and Creative Writing
BENGALI POETRY COLLECTION
তরমিম | Tarmim
A published collection of Bengali poetry. My creative writing sits beside my professional and academic work because each begins with the same impulse: to observe closely, question what appears ordinary and translate experience into something that can be shared.
Featured Elsewhere
UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND FEATURE | 2019
Would You Like Some Fries with Your Social Media?
A University of Auckland story introducing my doctoral research into social media, online environments and young adults’ food decisions.
Forthcoming
...and then I Lost My Job
This section will feature new research papers, thought-leadership articles and books once they are formally published or made publicly available.
MEMOIR AND MODERN CAREER PLAYBOOK | FORTHCOMING
…and then I Lost My Job
A personal and practical exploration of job loss, rejection, reinvention and navigating today’s employment landscape. Button: Discover the Book

Ideas Are Better When They Travel

My work crosses research, digital health, project delivery, careers and creative expression. Despite their differences, the central question remains consistent:
How can ideas be translated into something useful, human and capable of creating change?
Some research outputs listed on this page are preprints and have not yet undergone formal peer review.