A/Prof Barton is a primary care scientist in the Department of General Practice. An experienced academic working across primary care and public health, his current research program is centred around quality in primary care management of complex and chronic illness and focuses specially on patient experience of care and management of respiratory illness and smoking/vaping cessation in primary care. He has a long-standing research interest in the emotional and social impact of chronic respiratory illnesses including asthma and COPD amongst primary care patients and individuals living in the community. This research is cited in Australia’s asthma management guidelines and has helped shape the current National Asthma Strategy 2018 and is cited in the Lung Foundation Australia Blue Print for Action on COPD (2022-25). He is the Convener of the Primary Care special interest group of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ)

Dr Nia Luxton is a senior lecturer, a senior cardiorespiratory physiotherapist, and a passionate advocate for smoking and vaping cessation in education and health. Dr Luxton is the education officer for the the Oceania Chapter of the Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco, a member of the Academic Development Working Group Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia and a member of the Australian College of Physiotherapists, Australian Physiotherapy Association. Her clinical and research expertise and interest are in cancer, COPD, cardiovascular disease and tobacco control. Dr Luxton has a BSc Hons (Physiotherapy, Ulster 1993), MAppSc (COPD and exercise testing; USYD 2009) and a PhD in Psychology (Macquarie University 2019) and has received media attention for her research and editorials on smoking cessation.