Nominee Director
BA (Hons), BMed (Hons), FRACGP, SFHEA
Professor Amanda Barnard is a nominee director appointed by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, a member body of the National Asthma Council Australia.
Amanda was a foundation member of the NAC’s Australian Asthma Handbook Guidelines Committee until 2021, and a member of the National Monitoring of Asthma and Other Chronic Respiratory Conditions Advisory Group.
Amanda is currently president of the International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG). An academic GP, she has recently retired as inaugural founder and head of the Rural Clinical School at the Australian National University. She has been involved with Wonca for over 20 years, particularly with the Wonca Working Party on Women and Family Medicine, which she chaired for several years.
Amanda also serves on numerous national bodies with medical education, GP training, rural workforce and health system briefs.