Chris Del Mar

Prof

Academic, Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine
Academic, Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3821-8163

Phone+61 7 5595 2504
Emailcdelmar@bond.edu.au

Bond University, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine
4229 Gold Coast
Australia

8326 Citations
51 h-Index

Research output per year

If you made any changes in Pure these will be visible here soon.

Personal profile

Research interests

I am an academic general practitioner. The purpose of my teaching and research is to support clinicians get new research findings into clinical practice. So, I teach evidence-based practice and shared decision making, and research on synthesising evidence (and I am co-ordinating editor of the Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group), using systematic review and meta-analysis methods, as well as primary research, using randomised trials, and observational study designs.

Specific areas of illness that I work on include acute respiratory infections, any self-limiting disease including infections, skin cancer, and antibiotic resistance, in primary care.

By 2019, I had authored >550 articles in peer-reviewed journals, (>200 scientific papers, with additional peer-refereed editorials and additional letters and comments), 5 books, and 22 book chapters. My h-index is 59 (Google Scholar), total citations 13,796, with 14 papers cited over 100 times, and 162 cited more than 10 times. I have been awarded $28m in research grant funding (78 grants), including 3 international grants totalling $373,000. I have a national and international reputation in antibiotic overprescribing in acute respiratory infections, evidence-based medicine and systematic review, and randomised controlled trials, in both clinical medicine and health services research.

Statement for HDR students

My national and international reputation is in antibiotic overprescribing in acute respiratory infections, evidence-based medicine and systematic review, along with randomised controlled trials, in both clinical medicine and health services research.

I am currently working on a $2.5m NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence award, for which I am the Chief Investigator A, addressing antibiotic resistance emanating from primary care prescribing.

Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Chris Del Mar is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

38 Similar Profiles

Network Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.

Research Output

8326 Citations
51 h-Index
187 Article
37 Review article
25 Letter
24 Editorial
41 More

A full systematic review was completed in 2 weeks using automation tools: a case study

Clark, J., Glasziou, P., Del Mar, C., Bannach-Brown, A., Stehlik, P. & Scott, A. M., May 2020, In : Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 121, p. 81-90 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

8 Citations (Scopus)

Comparing the quantity and quality of randomised placebo-controlled trials of antibiotics for acute respiratory, urinary, and skin and soft tissue infections: a scoping review

Bakhit, M., Hoffmann, T., Santer, M., Ridd, M., Francis, N., Hummers, E., Clark, J., Hilliges, C. & Del Mar, C., 29 Sep 2020, In : BJGP open.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Open Access

File

22 Downloads (Pure)

Corticosteroids as standalone or add-on treatment for sore throat

de Cassan, S., Thompson, M. J., Perera, R., Glasziou, P. P., Del Mar, C. B., Heneghan, C. J. & Hayward, G., 1 May 2020, In : Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online). 2020, 5, 42 p., CD008268.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Research › peer-review

Open Access