Paul J. Barr, MSc, PhD joins as CTBH faculty member, with an appointment of Assistant Professor at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, with advanced training in quantitative and qualitative methods. Paul received a BSc in Psychology, an MSc in Public Health (Health Services Research stream) at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, England, and a PhD in Health Services Research from Queen’s University Belfast, Ireland. Paul’s research involves developing and evaluating measurement tools and interventions to strengthen shared decision making and improve communication of medical information with patients and their families. Paul is also a Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Patient and Family Engagement awardee. Through this award, he formed the Open Recordings research group, a multidisciplinary group of stakeholders and patients who study the potential clinical utility of recording information about healthcare clinic visits.
Paul will be joined by Research Coordinator Michelle Dannenberg, MPH and by PhD student Reed Bratches, MPH, MALS.