Overview
Background
Professor Clair Sullivan is an internationally-recognised leading practising and academic clinical informatician who helps drive digital health transformation in Queensland and globally.
Clair is the Director of the new Queensland Digital Health Centre within the Centre for Health Research at The University of Queensland.
A specialist endocrinologist, Clair graduated with Honours in Medicine from The University of Queensland and earned a Research Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Leeds. In 2014, Clair began a parallel career in the emerging field of digital health and has held significant leadership roles in digital health practice and governance across government and academia. Her work is regularly translated into practice and informs policy in Australia and globally.
Clair is currently Professor of Digital Health at UQ and Conjoint Professor of Community Diabetes at Metro North Health. She is an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology and an Adjunct Professor, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. She is Clinical Director for Community Diabetes at Metro North Health.
She is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Australian College of Health Informatics and the Australasian Institute of Digital Health.
Clair serves on several national advisory boards for digital health. She is the recipient of several awards including the 2021 Premier’s Award for Excellence for her team’s work on the digital response to COVID-19 and the 2022 Telstra Brilliant Connected Women in Digital Health Award.
She has generated over $70M in grant funding and has deep collaborations with government and industry. She is ranked in the top 1% of Medical Informatics researchers globally.
Availability
- Professor Clair Sullivan is:
- Not available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science, The University of Queensland
- Doctoral (Research) of Medicine, University of Leeds
- Australasian College of Health Informatics, Australasian College of Health Informatics
- Australasian Institute of Digital Health, Australasian Institute of Digital Health
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Works
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2026
Journal Article
Maximising the patient voice in health care: a scoping review of secondary use of routinely collected qualitative open-ended patient reported experience measure comments
Engstrom, Teyl, Kirwa, Titus, Olsen, Quita, Woods, Leanna, Quigley, Denise D, Sullivan, Clair and Pole, Jason D (2026). Maximising the patient voice in health care: A scoping review of secondary use of routinely collected qualitative open-ended patient reported experience measure comments. International journal of medical informatics, 215, 106459. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2026.106459
2026
Journal Article
Measuring digital health competence among healthcare professionals: a rapid review of assessment tools
Robertson, Samantha T., Hoffman, Jane, Sullivan, Clair, Donovan, Raelene and Woods, Leanna (2026). Measuring digital health competence among healthcare professionals: a rapid review of assessment tools. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 214 106434, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2026.106434
2026
Journal Article
Author reply to Dharma: Digital interventions to improve glycaemia control
Donovan, Peter and Sullivan, Clair (2026). Author reply to Dharma: Digital interventions to improve glycaemia control. Internal Medicine Journal imj.70424. doi: 10.1111/imj.70424
2026
Journal Article
Clinicians’ perspectives on electronic medical records use in diabetes outpatient care: a qualitative study
Wang, Wenyong, Samadbeik, Mahnaz, Puri, Gaurav, McLeod, Donald S.A., Lobo, Elton, Duong, Tuan, Kirwa, Titus and Sullivan, Clair (2026). Clinicians’ perspectives on electronic medical records use in diabetes outpatient care: a qualitative study. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 209 106275, 106275. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2026.106275
2026
Journal Article
The flow of healthcare information in rural and remote settings: a qualitative approach
Macklin, Sophie, Woods, Leanna and Sullivan, Clair (2026). The flow of healthcare information in rural and remote settings: a qualitative approach. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 32 (3) e70446, 1-8. doi: 10.1111/jep.70446
2026
Journal Article
Most digital psychological interventions for chronic pain fail to measure all 4 dimensions of the quadruple aim of value-based health care: a scoping review
Eather, Chloe-Emily, Sullivan, Clair, Sterling, Michele, Armfield, Nigel, Liimatainen, Jenna, Chandra, Shianika and Elphinston, Rachel A. (2026). Most digital psychological interventions for chronic pain fail to measure all 4 dimensions of the quadruple aim of value-based health care: a scoping review. Pain. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003959
2026
Journal Article
Assessing the effectiveness of artificial intelligence education and training for healthcare workers: a systematic review
Woods, Leanna, Lyons, Kayley, Van Der Vegt, Anton, Olsen, Quita, Huang, Wenyao, Khor, Johnson S., Xu, Nancy and Sullivan, Clair (2026). Assessing the effectiveness of artificial intelligence education and training for healthcare workers: a systematic review. BMC Medical Education, 26 (1) 549, 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s12909-026-08969-3
2026
Journal Article
Digital health in managing type 2 diabetes among indigenous populations: a scoping review
Samadbeik, Mahnaz, Garvey, Gail, Engstrom, Teyl, Langham, Erika and Sullivan, Clair (2026). Digital health in managing type 2 diabetes among indigenous populations: a scoping review. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 207 106206, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2025.106206
2026
Conference Publication
Data-driven service transformation in diabetes care: outcomes from the GIRFT Queensland phase 1 discovery program
Puri, Gaurav, Deshmukh, Harshal, Sullivan, Clair, Briggs, Timothy and Garrigan, Elizabeth (2026). Data-driven service transformation in diabetes care: outcomes from the GIRFT Queensland phase 1 discovery program. ATTD-ASIA 2025, Singapore, Singapore, 9-11 December 2025. New Rochelle, NY, United States: Mary Ann Liebert.
2026
Journal Article
The impact of hospital bed occupancy on patient flow and emergency department access: a 25-hospital cohort study
Riahi, Vahid, Boyle, Justin, Yoon, Hwan-Jin, Hassanzadeh, Hamed, Diouf, Ibrahima, Khanna, Sankalp, Staib, Andrew, Samadbeik, Mahnaz, Sullivan, Clair, Bosley, Emma and Lind, James F (2026). The impact of hospital bed occupancy on patient flow and emergency department access: a 25-hospital cohort study. Medical Journal of Australia, 224 (2) e70143, 1-7. doi: 10.5694/mja2.70143
2026
Journal Article
The Association Between Access Block And Ambulance Ramping, And The Impact of COVID-19: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study of 25 Queensland Hospitals
Yoon, Hwan-Jin, Boyle, Justin, Diouf, Ibrahima, Bosley, Emma, Staib, Andrew, Riahi, Vahid, Hassanzadeh, Hamed, Samadbeik, Mahnaz, Sullivan, Clair, Khanna, Sankalp and Lind, James F (2026). The Association Between Access Block And Ambulance Ramping, And The Impact of COVID-19: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study of 25 Queensland Hospitals. The Medical journal of Australia, 224 (2) e70141, 1-9. doi: 10.5694/mja2.70141
2026
Journal Article
Strategies for reducing access block and waiting time for patients seeking emergency hospital care: results of a ward-level discrete event simulation at queensland's largest public hospitals
Hassanzadeh, Hamed, Boyle, Justin, Riahi, Vahid, Yoon, Hwan-Jin, Diouf, Ibrahima, Khanna, Sankalp, Sullivan, Clair, Staib, Andrew, Bosley, Emma, Samadbeik, Mahnaz and Lind, James F (2026). Strategies for reducing access block and waiting time for patients seeking emergency hospital care: results of a ward-level discrete event simulation at queensland's largest public hospitals. Medical Journal of Australia, 224 (2) e70142, 1-8. doi: 10.5694/mja2.70142
2026
Journal Article
Time trends in the rates of ED Visits in Australia, an Age-Period-Cohort Approach
Diouf, Ibrahima, Boyle, Justin, Yoon, Hwan-Jin, Riahi, Vahid, Bosley, Emma, Staib, Andrew, Samadbeik, Mahnaz, Sullivan, Clair, Lind, James, Hassanzadeh, Hamed and Khanna, Sankalp (2026). Time trends in the rates of ED Visits in Australia, an Age-Period-Cohort Approach. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 38 (1) e70220, 1-7. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.70220
2026
Journal Article
A systematic review identifying critical evidence gaps in reporting dietary change in randomized controlled trials prescribing liraglutide, semaglutide, or tirzepatide
Jansson, Anna K., Gómez‐Martín, María, Hedin, Linnea, Clarke, Erin D., Cross, Victoria, Stanford, Jordan, Taylor, Rachael M., Bogl, Leonie H., De Vlieger, Nienke, Koochek, Afsaneh, Löf, Marie, Asher, Roberta C., Burrows, Tracy, Bucher, Tamara, Sullivan, Clair, Nowicka, Paulina and Collins, Clare E. (2026). A systematic review identifying critical evidence gaps in reporting dietary change in randomized controlled trials prescribing liraglutide, semaglutide, or tirzepatide. Obesity Reviews e70077. doi: 10.1111/obr.70077
2025
Journal Article
Mixed methods evaluation of a clinical decision support system to reduce variation in healthcare
Pak, Anton, Robertson, Samantha T, Nguyen, Bao Hoang, Hodgson, Tobias, Sullivan, Clair and Burton-Jones, Andrew (2025). Mixed methods evaluation of a clinical decision support system to reduce variation in healthcare. NPJ digital medicine, 8 (1) 781. doi: 10.1038/s41746-025-02141-9
2025
Journal Article
Enabling connected care: mapping aged care clinical concepts to snomed ct
McRae, Joshua, Engstrom, Teyl, Austin, Jodie, Hargrave, Murray, Loi, Kylynn, Varghese, Paulose, Sullivan, Clair, Gray, Leonard C. and Dendere, Ronald (2025). Enabling connected care: mapping aged care clinical concepts to snomed ct. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 207 106211, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2025.106211
2025
Journal Article
One Size Fits None. How can we do better? using patient reported experience measure findings to drive local quality improvement across wards in a large Australian metropolitan hospital
Engstrom, Teyl, Petrie, Christine, Perez, William Pinzon, Sullivan, Clair and Pole, Jason D. (2025). One Size Fits None. How can we do better? using patient reported experience measure findings to drive local quality improvement across wards in a large Australian metropolitan hospital. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 204 106078, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2025.106078
2025
Journal Article
Indigenous people's perspectives on sharing health data for service delivery purposes: an inquiry using Indigenous methodologies
Watego, Kristie, Brodhurst-Hill, Morgan, Murray, Cherilda, Mangoyana, Clare, Emery, Alynta, Woon, Jayde, Williams, Kara, Reid, Natasha, Engstrom, Teyl, Nelson, Carmel, Sullivan, Clair and Setchell, Jenny (2025). Indigenous people's perspectives on sharing health data for service delivery purposes: an inquiry using Indigenous methodologies. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 65 101753, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101753
2025
Conference Publication
Research Alliance for Urban Goori Health: healthcare records across primary and tertiary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in South East Queensland
Sanjida, Saira, Lane, Steven, Butler, Danielle, Shakeshaft, Anthony, Sullivan, Clair and Ward, James (2025). Research Alliance for Urban Goori Health: healthcare records across primary and tertiary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in South East Queensland. The 21st Annual International Conference on Urban Health, Wellington, New Zealand, 17-21 November 2025.
2025
Journal Article
A scientometric review of health data sharing for secondary use: insights, frontiers and the path ahead
Krahe, Michelle A., Eden, Rebekah, Pole, Jason D., Richards, Bernadette, Olsen, Quita, Dyda, Amalie, Lobo, Elton, Pather, Nalini, Sullivan, Clair and Woods, Leanna (2025). A scientometric review of health data sharing for secondary use: insights, frontiers and the path ahead. Health Information Management Journal 18333583251393431, 18333583251393431. doi: 10.1177/18333583251393431
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Clair Sullivan is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
DIFFERENCE
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jason Pole, Dr Elton Henry Savio Lobo
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Doctor Philosophy
digital hospital benefits: a shift to value
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mahnaz Samadbeik
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Doctor Philosophy
Digital Diabetes
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mahnaz Samadbeik, Dr Elton Henry Savio Lobo
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Doctor Philosophy
How can we streamline the extraction and validation of data from EMRs to inform a learning health care system?
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Mr Anton Van Der Vegt, Professor Jason Pole
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Doctor Philosophy
Harnessing Emerging Technologies to Achieve the Quintuple Aim: Insights from Diabetes Care
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lee Woods, Dr Stefanie Plage
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Doctor Philosophy
Sample sub-group algorithm bias analysis for machine learning evaluation in the clinical domain
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Mallett, Professor Guido Zuccon, Mr Anton Van Der Vegt
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Doctor Philosophy
Harnessing the value of routinely collected qualitative health data at scale
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lee Woods, Professor Jason Pole
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Doctor Philosophy
Evaluating antenatal vaccines and vaccination programs: filling evidence gaps in uptake, safety, effectiveness and the future surveillance of maternal vaccinations in Australia- The VaxiMums evaluation project.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Amalie Dyda
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Doctor Philosophy
NINA national infrastructure for digital health
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sebastiano Barbieri
Completed supervision
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
The Emergency Department (ED)-Inpatient Interface: improving the care of patients requiring emergency admission to hospital
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Burton-Jones
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence to Improve Clinical Outcomes in Hospitals
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Oliver Canfell, Professor Jason Pole, Associate Professor Sally Shrapnel
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Re-analysing existing genomic data to increase the diagnostic yield of genetic tests
Associate Advisor
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the impact of electronic medication management on the safety and quality of therapeutic anticoagulation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lee Woods, Professor Michael Barras
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