Associate Professor Chris Barton

PhD, MMedSci, BSc

Senior Lecturer

Telephone: +61 3 9902 4495
Email: chris.barton@monash.edu

Monash Researcher Profile

Profile

Dr Barton is a primary care scientist and senior lecturer in the Department of General Practice. His current research program is centred around quality in primary care management of complex and chronic illness and focuses specially on management of respiratory illness and smoking cessation in primary care. He leads studies that are creating new and deeper understandings of the patient experience of care in general practice and general practitioner’s experiences delivering this care. He has a long-standing research interest in the emotional and social impact of chronic respiratory illnesses including asthma and COPD amongst primary care patients and individuals living in the community.

A major focus of Dr Barton’s work is research capacity building for primary care. He leads the departments research training program which includes skills development, supervision and mentoring to undergraduate (e.g. honours), postgraduate (e.g. Masters and PhD) and academic GP registrars in general practice. He oversees the delivery of a research training 'activity package' for the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) to GP academic registrars participating in an academic post. He was awarded the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Industry Education Programs for this work in 2021.

Dr Barton is currently the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine coordinator for the Bachelor of Medical Science Honours program. He is an Associate editor for BMC Primary Care, and Deputy Convener of the Primary Care special interest group of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ). In January 2023 he joined the PC4 Scientific Committee. He was formerly treasurer of the Academic Association for Academic Primary Care (AAAPC) from 2019-2021.