Tony Barnett
Director, Centre for Rural Health
Department of health
University of Tasmania
Australia
Biography
Dr Barnett has trained as a nurse at Whyalla (South Australia), has worked clnically in a number of hospitals in Victoria and South Australia and held academic and Head of School positions at both Deakin and Monash Universities. He is currently engaged in a number of rural health projects in Tasmania on topics such as: interprofessional practice, simulation, oral health, rural health workforce and clinical education. Dr Barnett has supervised to completion, over 25 graduate student research projects conducted in Australia, Malaysia and Hong Kong. He is a chief investigator with the (national) Centre of Research Excellence in Primary Oral Health care and a board member of the Australian Rural Health Education Network (ARHEN).
Research Interest
Dr Barnett's research aligns with the University theme of Better Health.
Publications
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Oxaal I, Barnett T, Booth D, editors. Beyond the sociology of development: economy and society in Latin America and Africa. Routledge; 2013 May 13.
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Barnett T, Blaikie P. AIDS in Africa: its present and future impact. Belhaven Press; 1992.
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Barnett T, Whiteside A. AIDS in the twenty-first century: Disease and globalization. Springer; 2002 Jun 6.
