Jacques Raubenheimer

Jacques Raubenheimer is Senior Research Fellow, Biostatistics, with the NHMRC-funded Translational Australian Clinical Toxicology (TACT) Programme, in the Sydney Pharmacy School at the University of Sydney.
His chief research interests are in the detection of drug and pharmaceutical information on Social Media and the use of Big Data for health research in pharmacoepidemiology.

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How misinterpreting Google Trends data led to Bondi conspiracy theories – an expert explains

- December 19, 2025 4 MIN READ

In the wake of Sunday’s tragic Bondi shooting, conspiracy theories and deliberate misinformation have spread on social media. Many social media posts suggested the name Naveed Akram was searched before the Bondi attacks. Facebook One thing some people have latched onto is the idea Google Trends data show a spike in searches for “Naveed Akram”… Read more »