Barbara Leggett is Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Senior Staff Specialist, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Associate Professor in Medicine, University of Queensland, and Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Queensland Institute of Medical Research.

Barbara was awarded an MD in ‘99’ from the university of Queensland. In recent years she has held the position of Head, Queensland Familial Adenomatous, Polyposis Register 1997-2001. Director, Queensland Bowel Cancer Family Registry, 1997-2002. President, Gastroenterological Society of Australia, 2001-2003.