Betsy Barton

Betsy Barton holds the title of Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. She concurrently serves as Senior Associate for Community Engagement & Learning at Transitions LifeCare in Raleigh. Her work focuses on interactive education for clinical and community audiences, with a strong emphasis on outreach to disenfranchised and underserved populations.

Education: Master of Public Health (MPH) from UNC-Chapel Hill (1990).

Research interests include end-of-life care equity, race-based differences in medical decision-making at life’s end, and mitigating caregiver stress. Her career includes roles at Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life and Duke Health Inequalities Program.

Professional affiliations include Transitions LifeCare and collaboration with academic institutions on serious illness research. No specific grants or awards are documented in the provided text.