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 was appointed Associate Professor of Medicine in Clinical Informatics at UQ and 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 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 $30M 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 Diploma 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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2005
Journal Article
Antiretroviral treatment change among HIV, hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus co-infected patients in the Australian HIV Observational Database
Petoumenos, Kathy, Ringland, C., Goodman, R., Gotowski, M., Couldwell, D., Lewis, L., Austin, D., Block, M., Quan, D., Gowers, A., Brown, K., Skobalj, N., O'Connor, C., Mitchell, M., Templeton, D., Liang, M. T., Allen, D., Strazdinis, B., Mulhall, B., Smith, D., Mutimer, K., Armishaw, J., Cooper, D., Carr, A., Lacey, M., Pell, C., Rohrsheim, R., Finlayson, R., Richardson, R. ... Moore, C. (2005). Antiretroviral treatment change among HIV, hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus co-infected patients in the Australian HIV Observational Database. HIV Medicine, 6 (3), 155-163. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2005.00280.x
2005
Journal Article
RAGE polymorphisms and the heritability of insulin resistance: The Leeds Family Study
Sullivan, Clair M., Futers, T. Simon, Barrett, Jennifer H., Hudson, Barry I., Freeman, Mark S. and Grant, Peter J. (2005). RAGE polymorphisms and the heritability of insulin resistance: The Leeds Family Study. Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research, 2 (1), 42-44. doi: 10.3132/dvdr.2005.005
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Clair Sullivan is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Care of patients with diabetes, in the digital hospital environment: From patient level to systems approach
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Anthony Russell, Associate Professor Sally Shrapnel
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Doctor Philosophy
Digital Diabetes
Principal Advisor
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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
NINA: National Infrastructure for federated learNing in DigitAl health
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lee Woods
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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: Associate Professor Susan Jordan, Dr Amalie Dyda, Dr Lisa McHugh
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Doctor Philosophy
digital hospital benefits: a shift to value
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lee Woods, Dr Rebekah Eden
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Doctor Philosophy
Sample sub-group algorithm bias analysis for machine learning evaluation in the clinical domain
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Andrew Mallett, Professor Guido Zuccon, Mr Anton Van Der Vegt
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Master Philosophy
Examining the current state of digital health education and training in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nigel Armfield, Dr Sisira Edirippulige
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Doctor Philosophy
Predicting adverse diabetes events in hospitals using machine learning
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sally Shrapnel, Professor Jason Pole
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Doctor Philosophy
Using technology to efficiently analyse qualitative healthcare data at scale
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jason Pole
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Doctor Philosophy
Re-analysing existing genomic data to increase the diagnostic yield of genetic tests
Associate Advisor
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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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Doctor Philosophy
Methods for presenting clinical AI predictions to clinicians
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Maxime Cordeil, Mr Anton Van Der Vegt
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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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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