With over 22 years of medical experience, and investigator roles in over 50 commercially sponsored clinical trials, Barney founded Optimal Clinical Trials in 2013. He graduated from Otago Medical School in 2002 and has worked in New Zealand, the UK and Australia. He is an experienced principal investigator and a general practitioner. Barney has a wide variety of interests and his areas of special interest include: asthma, vaccines and dermatology. He has always fostered a strong desire to help people. He cherishes his role conducting research that forms the backbone of evidence-based medicine, and helping develop new medications to ease suffering and improve people’s lives.
Barney lives happily in Auckland with his wife Penny, and three children. Barney has been involved in starting several successful businesses, played basketball for New Zealand as a junior and loves doing anything active.