Sam Martin

London, United Kingdom United Kingdom

PhD Candidate and Data Visualisation Consultant

Electronics / Computer Hardware

My doctoral research explores how individuals’ online interactions inform their health-navigation of the city. The working title of my study is: Twitter: Re-Writing The City Landscape With Health Knowledge. With the case study of Coeliac Disease, my research aims to understand and visualise the way patients share information on Twitter about where to find gluten free food in the daily self-management of their chronic illness. I use data mining techniques to mine the Twitter API for health-related hashtags that include key terms that Coeliac patients use when discussing their gluten free diet or seeking advice via Twitter. These include the hashtags: #coeliac #celiac #glutenfree and ot...