A/Prof Linton is the academic and research director of the Asbestos and Dust Diseases Research Institute and a senior staff specialist in medical oncology at the Concord Cancer Centre in Concord Repatriation General Hospital, specialising in thoracic and genitourinary malignancies. He received his medical degree at the University of New South Wales before completing physician and oncology training at Concord Repatriation General Hospital. He completed his PhD at the University of Sydney investigating prognostic factors and new therapeutic targets in malignant pleural mesothelioma.

A/Prof Linton has published widely in international peer reviewed journals and he has presented on mesothelioma and other thoracic malignancies at national and international meetings. He is a principal investigator on a number of clinical trials and is passionate regarding the translation of research from the laboratory to the clinic.

He has a keen interest in education and training, previously serving as network director of physician training at the Concord Hospital Network, and is a clinical associate professor at the University of Sydney.