Article Excerpt: Growing up in a large working-class family in West Belfast, Ireland, Paul Barr learned early on to take advantage of a good opportunity when it came up. So, after earning a BSc in psychology from Queen’s University in Belfast, he accepted a scholarship offer to pursue a master’s at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London.
The experience piqued an interest in public health he’d had since childhood. “My mom graduated with her nursing degree from university in her mid-40s, after raising six kids—I think her influence has always made me interested in caring for folks who are in need,” says Barr, who would go on to earn a PhD in health services research back at Queen’s University.
Today, as an associate professor of health policy and clinical practice, biomedical data science and community and family medicine at Geisel—Barr is one of the most innovative and productive researchers in his field, having published 14 papers last year alone, many in high-impact journals. In the following Q & A, he talks about his work and his efforts to develop tools that can improve communications between patients and their healthcare providers.
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Article Source: Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicne News