Associate Professor Margo Barr
PhD (UoW), GCertTertTLP (UoW), MPH (UQ), BSc (Flin)
Epidemiologist with interest and expertise in large scale cohort studies, behaviour risk factor and disease surveillance, primary health care and welfare, and survey and data linkage methodology. Currently Research Head of the Health Systems and Equity Research Program. The Health Systems and Equity Research Program includes teams of researchers who are imbedded into the local health districts. Some of our recent work includes evaluation of virtual health services for people at risk of homelessness, equity-focused review of the COVD-19 pandemic, rapid literature review on GP payment models for the Australian Government, improving the management of physical health for people with severe mental illness, community health navigators trials to improve patient outcomes, and developing equity frameworks and toolkits.
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I have been part of over $8 mil worth of successful research grants bids and research funding over the past 5 years which has included:
- MRFF – CRI – 2023: Creating and maintaining links for people in opioid dependence treatment programs with general practice care through LINK 2024-2026 (1.5mil)
- NHMRC: Clinical trials and cohorts: Ageing in Prison Longitudinal Study: 2023-28 ($2.9mil)
- NHMRC: Community Health Workers extending care into the Community, 2021-25 ($1mil)
- SLHD, SESLHD and CESPHN consortium: Central and Eastern Sydney Primary and Community Health Linkage Resource 2018-24 ($1.6m)
- NHMRC: Preventing chronic disease in patients with low health literacy using e-health and teamwork in primary health care. 2017-21 ($1.3mil).
Research Interests
My research interests include healthy ageing, risk factor surveillance, health and welfare equity, cohort and survey methodology, validation and evaluation.
My Research Supervision
Jude Page: Image based tools (My Story Cards) to improve objective, interpersonal communication in shared decision making - PhD candidate (2023-2025)
Katherine Meikle: Exploring the impact of risk factors/interventions on oral health: a record linkage longitudinal study – Master of Science in Health Data Science Major Project (2024-2025)
Amber Ye: Impact of multimorbidity and complex multimorbidity on participation in breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening among New South Wales residents aged 45 years and over. – RACGP Academic Registrar (2024-2025)
John Nguyen: Clarification of factors that influence cancer screening in patients with severe mental illness attending Australian general practices – RACGP Academic Registrar (2023-2025)
Avery Mon: General practice data linkage resource: A scoping review to explore ways to improve data quality – Masters Research Project (2024)
Alenda Dwiadila Matra Putra: Evaluation of the Virtual Health Hub for People Experiencing Homelessness – Masters of public Health Intern (2024)
Noor Al Ani: Skin Cancer Management in Older Adults Living in Residential Aged Care Homes – Independent Learning Program Medical Student (2024)
Anthony Azir: Investigating general practice interventions to improve outcomes for primary carers – Independent Learning Program Medical Student (2023)
Chang Sheng Leong: Heart failure readmissions: mixed methods research using linked population data – Masters Research Project (2023)
Vera Buss: Development of risk profiling matrix for chronic diseases and preventive smartphone application - PhD (2018-2022)