Nasser F BinDhim

Dr. Nasser F BinDhim is a researcher in public health with an interdisciplinary background in pharmacy, and health informatics. He is also a software developer with around 12 years experience in web services and smartphone development. Dr. BinDhim is particularly interested in utilising smartphone technology to empower health consumers and improve public health outcomes on a global level. Over the last few years he has published several research articles covering policies and regulations, feasibility, efficacy, and quality of smartphone health related apps, in various public health topics including smoking, depression, asthma and cardiovascular risks. His publications received international recognition and media attention. In 2012, he won the Health Informatics Society of Australia Health App Challenge, and since then he was selected to be a member of the award-judging panel. Recently, he founded a start-up company developing a low cost reusable electronic health research tools.He is also a lecturer in public health and health informatics.