Associate Professor Samaneh Madanian, Acting Programme Director – Postgraduate Studies, Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, is a distinguished digital health expert and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH), the peak professional body for digital health. Recognised internationally for her contributions to the field, she has been invited to serve on grant assessment committees for major digital health initiatives in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, reflecting her leadership and deep domain expertise. From 2020 to 2023, she also served as the New Zealand Educational Representative at IoT Alliance New Zealand.

With a multidisciplinary background spanning information technology, project management, business analysis, and solution architecture, Associate Professor Madanian brings a comprehensive understanding of technologies and their application within complex environments such as healthcare. After obtaining her Master’s degree from Staffordshire University (UK, 2011), she gained extensive industry experience as a business analyst and project manager, specialising in requirement analysis, integrated system analysis, and solution design.

Her combined academic and industry experience uniquely positions her to develop innovative and practical digital health solutions aimed at advancing health equity and improving quality of life. Strong engagement in both research and teaching enables her to continually bridge the gap between academia and industry. Her research focuses on digital health technologies and applications, specifically IoT, artificial intelligence, and data science approaches in mainstream healthcare as well as disaster-response contexts.

Associate Professor Madanian has supervised more than 40 master’s research students across the Master of Computer and Information Sciences, the Master of IT Project Management, and the Master of Analytics programmes.