Rate My Professor Matthew Barton

Dr. Matthew Barton is a Bioscience Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Griffith University. He holds a PhD in Neuroscience from Western Sydney University, awarded in 2014. His early career included roles as an Anatomy tutor and PhD student at Western Sydney University from 2010 and as a Lecturer in the Griffith Health Institute from June 2014 to January 2015. Barton is a research member of the Menzies Health Institute Queensland. His research interests center on neuronal injury and regeneration, particularly peripheral nerve repair using minimally invasive bio-adhesives and stem cells. He also investigates pain assessment and management in dementia care, educational interventions for health professionals and students, flexible electrode arrays and wide bandgap semiconductor nanomembranes for chronic implantable sensing and neuromodulation, mechanotransduction including cell stretching devices and negative pressure neurogenesis, biosensing applications, and bioscience education within nursing programs.

Barton's scholarly contributions include highly cited publications such as 'Three-dimensional printing of biological matters' (2016), 'Cell stretching devices as research tools: engineering and biological considerations' (2016), 'Extending the viability of acute brain slices' (2014), 'The glia response after peripheral nerve injury: a comparison between Schwann cells and olfactory ensheathing cells and their uses for neural regenerative therapies' (2017), and 'Olfactory ensheathing cells for spinal cord injury: sniffing out the issues' (2018). Recent works feature systematic reviews on educational interventions and decision-making for pain assessment in dementia, alongside studies on flexible nanoarchitectonics for physiological monitoring. In education, he co-created the YouTube channel 'Dr Matt & Dr Mike' with Dr. Mike Todorovic in 2017, which has garnered over 100,000 subscribers and millions of views through concise videos on anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, pathophysiology, and Queensland senior biology syllabus topics. The channel's popularity tripled during COVID-19, ranking among Queensland's top 100 YouTube creators. In 2018, Barton's Bioscience Team received Griffith University recognition for Teaching Excellence. He has engaged in public outreach, including radio discussions on biological myths.