Professor Nicholas Glasgow (BHB, MBChB, MD, FRNZGP, FRACGP, FAChPM) is Dean, College of Medicine and Health Science and Dean, Medical School at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.
His clinical disciplines are general practice and palliative medicine. He has held appointments within the University of Auckland, the University of the United Arab Emirates, the University of Sydney and The Australian National University. His doctoral thesis examined the interface between primary and secondary care in a rapidly developing country. His research interests include asthma and respiratory health, and drug and alcohol issues and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Prior to taking up the Dean’s role in 2008, he was the Foundation Professor and Director of the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute at The Australian National University. The research agenda of the Institute focused on health services research and the nexus between research evidence and policy formulation. The Institute addresses health system issues of national importance including workforce and chronic disease.
Professor Glasgow serves on a number of Australian Government committees including the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee (core member), the Australian Health Information Council, and the Asthma Expert Advisory Committee. He is a member of the Australian Lung Foundation’s Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Evaluation Committee, the Australian System for Asthma Monitoring Advisory committee and a member of the National Asthma Council General Pracfice Reference Group.
