Dr Barr has published over 20 academic papers in high impact peer-reviewed journals in the fields of Osteoarthritis and Inflammatory Arthritis. He has authored chapters on Osteoarthritis and Inflammatory arthritis in the Oxford Textbook of Medicine (6th Ed), Hochberg’s Rheumatology (7th Ed) and The Rheumatology Handbook (Imperial College Press). He has delivered multiple oral presentations at International Conferences, including at the European League Against Rheumatism. He was appointed as a National Institute for Health and Research Academic Clinical Lecturer in the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine. He is now an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Leeds.

Memberships

• Royal College of Physicians
• British Society of Rheumatology
• Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis GRAPPA
• UK and Ireland Vasculitis Rare Disease Group
• British Society for Spondyloarthritis

Other posts held

• Consultant in Rheumatology – Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
• Honorary Senior Lecturer – University of Leeds