Rate My Professor Isabelle Barnes

Ms Isabelle Barnes is the Research Coordinator for the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) and the Centre for Women’s Health Research in the College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing at the University of Newcastle. She holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Sydney, a Bachelor of Clinical Science from Macquarie University, and a Diploma of Leadership and Management from Statewide Business Training. Her fields of research include public health not elsewhere classified (50%), women’s studies including girls’ studies (25%), and epidemiology not elsewhere classified (25%). Barnes commenced her tenure at the Centre for Women’s Health Research as a Research Assistant in August 2018, progressed to Research Officer in February 2020, became Senior Research Officer in April 2022, and took on the role of Research Coordinator in June 2023. Prior to this, she served as a Research Assistant at Macquarie University’s Australian Institute of Health and Innovation from July to November 2017.

In her current role, Barnes manages several research projects spanning development, implementation, staff management, and training, while providing strategic support. She leads ethics applications for ALSWH, including the design of study materials that meet ethical and regulatory standards. Her expertise covers qualitative analysis, longitudinal survey development, participant recruitment, and retention strategies. Committed to influencing policy and practice, she contributes to government inquiry submissions and translates research into accessible formats. Key publications include Farber R, Houssami N, Barnes I, McGeechan K, Barratt A, Bell KJL, 'Considerations for Evaluating the Introduction of New Cancer Screening Technology: Use of Interval Cancers to Assess Potential Benefits and Harms', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022;19(22):14647. She co-authored reports such as Mishra G, Barnes I, Dobson A, Egan N, Ferguson M, Forder P, Hockey R, Townsend N, Loxton D, 'Women at work: Health impacts on current, paid workforce participation 2025', 2025, and contributed to submissions like Loxton D, Townsend N, Barnes I, Egan N, McConnochie E, 'Submission to the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs Inquiry into the Relationship Between Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence and Suicide', 2026. Barnes has presented findings, including at a workshop on preventable harms and dismissed voices in Australian women with Asherman’s Syndrome, 2025.