Professor Niranjan Bidargaddi

Niranjan Bidargaddi is a computer science engineer with over 20 years of experience leading digital health research, development, and the translation of innovative solutions into real-world applications.

As the co-director of the Flinders Digital Health Research Centre and Head of flagship program in Health Translation SA, he leads a team prototyping digital health innovations. These innovations create adaptive information overlays on existing digital infrastructures—laying the groundwork for more equitable, higher-value healthcare amid resource constraints, rapidly evolving medical knowledge, and growing patient complexity.

Niranjan's research interests are in how to enable patients, providers, and the public to understand more, do better, and act earlier—so no one misses out on the right health answers when they need them.

To tackle this complex issue in real-world settings, he has established an integrative research program that: (a) is deeply embedded within the healthcare ecosystem; (b) spans life course; (c) combines elements of human factors, software design, artificial intelligence, data privacy, and ethics; (d) aligns with financial, regulatory, and policy landscape.

Within this program, his team studies how knowledge is transmitted across human, services, and technology layers when end-users misunderstand, do less, or act too late. This holistic approach uncovers relational insights and interconnected solutions often missed when examining individual components in isolation.

To accelerate real-world impact, Niranjan has developed the capability to launch configurable digital platforms (such as CareMappr) that deliver pertinent health information at the right time and in the right way, resonating with end-users and sparking meaningful interaction. Their ability to process diverse data sources, use artificial intelligence, and reach communities, patients, clinicians and caregivers enables application across a range of healthcare domains—with projects currently underway in mental health, chronic pain, endometriosis, diabetes, medication safety, and sleep, among others.