Michelle Guppy

Associate Professor Michelle Guppy is the Discipline Lead of Rural General Practice at the School of Rural Medicine, University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales.  The School of Rural Medicine delivers the undergraduate Joint Medical Program in partnership with the University of Newcastle. A/Prof Guppy teaches rurally based students about the issues surrounding health equity for rural Australians, and how General Practice provides health care in the regional and rural Australian context.  A/Prof Guppy has been practicing as rural GP for 19 years.

Her research interests include models of care for chronic disease management, particularly with respect to diabetes, and the challenges for patients and their GPs of managing this long- term condition. She has also been involved in research into innovative uses of technology for managing patients in rural areas, and delivering medical education into rural areas, using electronic methods of delivery. A/Prof Guppy is an editor for the Cochrane Collaboration Acute Respiratory Infections group. She has also been involved in postgraduate General Practice education as a former Director of the regional training organization GP Synergy.

A/Prof Guppy is the Chair of the New England GP Research Network- a rural GP research network in the New England region of NSW founded with funding assistance from NSW regional health partners.  A/Prof Guppy’s hopes for the research network are that they can continue to research clinical and service delivery issues relevant to rural GPs in order to find local solutions.