Clair Sullivan
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Professor
Clair Sullivan
Email: : c.sullivan1@uq.edu.au
Phone: : +61 7 334 65343
Positions
Associate Member of Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing : Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Affiliate of Centre for the Business and Economics of Health : Centre for the Business and Economics of Health : Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
Affiliate of Centre for Health Services Research : Centre for Health Services Research : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Centre Director of Queensland Digital Health Centre : Queensland Digital Health Centre : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Conjoint Professor in Community Diabetes and Digital Health : Centre for Health Services Research : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
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.
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Availability
Professor Clair Sullivan is: : Not available for supervision
Fields of research
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Biostatistics Clinical sciences Endocrinology Health Sciences Mathematical Sciences Statistics
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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All (141) Journal Article (124) Other Outputs (2) Conference Publication (10) Book Chapter (5)
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
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
Digital health in managing type 2 diabetes among indigenous populations: a scoping review
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
Mixed methods evaluation of a clinical decision support system to reduce variation in healthcare
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, 106211. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2025.106211
Enabling connected care: mapping aged care clinical concepts to snomed ct
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, 101753. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101753
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
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
2025
Journal Article
Development of a digital dashboard to address population-level obesity using electronic medical record data
Canfell, Oliver J., Burton-Jones, Andrew, Eakin, Elizabeth, Woods, Leanna, Macklin, Sophie, Austin, Jodie, Philip, Reji, Lim, Han Chang, Ahmed, Kazi Rumana, Slade, Christine, Francis, Daniel and Sullivan, Clair (2025). Development of a digital dashboard to address population-level obesity using electronic medical record data. Public Health Research and Practice, 35 (4) PU24029, 4. doi: 10.1071/pu24029
2025
Journal Article
Streamlining electronic medical record data extraction and validation in digital hospitals: a systematic review to identify optimal approaches and methods
Lim, Han Chang, Wong, Howard, Philip, Reji, Van Der Vegt, Anton, Choo, Kim‐Kwang Raymond, Pole, Jason D. and Sullivan, Clair (2025). Streamlining electronic medical record data extraction and validation in digital hospitals: a systematic review to identify optimal approaches and methods. Learning Health Systems, 9 (4) e70024, 1-13. doi: 10.1002/lrh2.70024
2025
Journal Article
A scoping review of digital solutions in diabetes outpatient care: functionalities and outcomes
Wang, Wenyong, Samadbeik, Mahnaz, Puri, Gaurav, McLeod, Donald S. A., Lobo, Elton, Duong, Tuan, Nguyen, Jennifer, Ding, Mutian and Sullivan, Clair (2025). A scoping review of digital solutions in diabetes outpatient care: functionalities and outcomes. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 202 105967, 105967-202. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2025.105967
A scoping review of digital solutions in diabetes outpatient care: functionalities and outcomes
2025
Journal Article
System-wide analysis of qualitative hospital incident data: Feasibility of semi-automated content analysis to uncover insights
Engstrom, Teyl, Kenny, Danelle, Grimmett, Wallace, Ramis, Mary-Anne, Foley, Chris, Sullivan, Clair and Pole, Jason D. (2025). System-wide analysis of qualitative hospital incident data: Feasibility of semi-automated content analysis to uncover insights. Health Information Management Journal, 54 (3), 247-254. doi: 10.1177/18333583241299433
2025
Journal Article
Comparing glycaemic outcomes of digital and paper-based hospitals (GOOD study)
Donovan, Peter, Sullivan, Clair, Sly, Benjamin, Knack, Brent, Engstrom, Teyl, Jones, Andrew, McCourt, Elizabeth, Lazarus, Syndia and Pole, Jason (2025). Comparing glycaemic outcomes of digital and paper-based hospitals (GOOD study). Internal Medicine Journal, 55 (9), 1508-1515. doi: 10.1111/imj.70097
Comparing glycaemic outcomes of digital and paper-based hospitals (GOOD study)
2025
Journal Article
Gender disparities in Australia's specialist digital health workforce: a cross-sectional study on education and occupation
Arabi, Salma, Butler-Henderson, Kerryn, Gray, Kathleen, Sullivan, Clair and Day, Karen (2025). Gender disparities in Australia's specialist digital health workforce: a cross-sectional study on education and occupation. BMC Health Services Research, 25 (1) 1146, 1-9. doi: 10.1186/s12913-025-13274-8
2025
Journal Article
Worldwide willingness to share health data high but privacy, consent and transparency paramount, a meta-analysis
Olsen, Quita, Dyda, Amalie, Woods, Leanna, Lobo, Elton, Eden, Rebekah, Krahe, Michelle A., Richards, Bernadette, Pather, Nalini, McGee, Lesley, Sullivan, Clair and Pole, Jason D. (2025). Worldwide willingness to share health data high but privacy, consent and transparency paramount, a meta-analysis. npj Digital Medicine, 8 (1) 540, 540-1. doi: 10.1038/s41746-025-01868-9
2025
Journal Article
The impact of electronic medical records on maternal healthcare: A scoping review
Kirwa, Titus, Lobo, Elton, Engstrom, Teyl, Felix, Terence, Vasudevan, Abhinand, McDonald, Nicole, Turner, Lyle, Butler, Lindsey, Reid, Natasha, McPhail, Steven, Ferris, Jason and Sullivan, Clair (2025). The impact of electronic medical records on maternal healthcare: A scoping review. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 200 105929, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2025.105929
The impact of electronic medical records on maternal healthcare: A scoping review
2025
Journal Article
Proposing core competencies for physicians in using artificial intelligence tools in clinical practice
Scott, Ian A., Shaw, Tim, Slade, Christine, Wan, Tai Tak, Barmanray, Rahul, Coorey, Craig, Johnson, Sandra L. J., Bell, Lana, Herd, Michael and Sullivan, Clair M. (2025). Proposing core competencies for physicians in using artificial intelligence tools in clinical practice. Internal Medicine Journal, 55 (8), 1403-1409. doi: 10.1111/imj.70112
2025
Journal Article
A scoping review of the governance of federated learning in healthcare
Eden, Rebekah, Chukwudi, Ignatius, Bain, Chris, Barbieri, Sebastiano, Callaway, Leonie, de Jersey, Susan, George, Yasmeen, Gorse, Alain-Dominique, Lawley, Michael, Marendy, Peter, McPhail, Steven M., Nguyen, Anthony, Samadbeik, Mahnaz and Sullivan, Clair (2025). A scoping review of the governance of federated learning in healthcare. npj Digital Medicine, 8 (1) 427, 427-1. doi: 10.1038/s41746-025-01836-3
A scoping review of the governance of federated learning in healthcare
2025
Journal Article
Clinical prediction models for febrile neutropenia and its outcomes: a systematic review
Sheehy, Joshua, Gallanagh, Marianne, Sullivan, Clair and Lane, Steven (2025). Clinical prediction models for febrile neutropenia and its outcomes: a systematic review. Supportive Care in Cancer, 33 (7) 537, 537. doi: 10.1007/s00520-025-09562-y
Clinical prediction models for febrile neutropenia and its outcomes: a systematic review
Funding
Current funding
- 2025 - 2027
Reducing the burden of healthcare associated with infection using a learning health systems approach: The REBUILD collaborative.
NHMRC TCR: 2024 Collaborations in Health Services Research (Stream 1)
Open grant - 2025 - 2027
Automated Clinical Data Extraction to Enhance Toxicology Services and Improve Emergency Medicine Outcomes Project STREAM (System for Toxicology Research and Emergency Medicine)
Emergency Medicine Foundation Ltd
Open grant - 2024 - 2026
Digital-enabled solutions to support healthcare delivery: Transforming outcomes for heart failure in Australia (SMART; Self-Management And Remote Technologies) (an MRFF CH led by Deakin University)
Deakin University
Open grant - 2024 - 2029
NASCENT: National infrastructure for real-time clinical AI trials
MRFF - National Critical Infrastructure Initiative
Open grant - 2024 - 2029
Aphasia Treatment TranslAtIon Network (ATTAIN)
NHMRC MRFF Rapid Applied Research Translation Grant
Open grant - 2024 - 2029
Derivation, Validation and Implementation of a Digital Frailty Index for Acute Care Settings in Queensland
NHMRC Partnership Projects
Open grant - 2023 - 2028
NINA: National Infrastructure for federated learNing in DigitAl health
MRFF - National Critical Infrastructure Initiative
Open grant - 2022 - 2027
Centre of Research Excellence in Urban Indigenous Health
NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
Open grant - 2022 - 2027
UQ Digital Health SMART institute
Queensland Health
Open grant - 2022 - 2026
Digital Infrastructure For improving First Nations Maternal & Child Health
MRFF Research Data Infrastructure
Open grant - 2020 - 2026
Bringing Digital Excellence to Clinical Excellence: Leading Digital Excellence in Queensland Health
Digital Health CRC
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Past funding
- 2024 - 2025
Optimising patient flow: reducing delay to discharge from acute wards to residential aged care facilities (RACF) to improve access block in the emergency department (ED) - Externally led by MNHHS.
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2024 - 2025
HAI-TECH: Healthcare-Associated Infection Tracking with Enhanced Connectivity and Health Informatics
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2023 - 2024
Lipids Management in Queensland (LMQ)
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Limited
Open grant - 2023
Digital public health to transform obesity prevention in Queensland
UQ Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund
Open grant - 2023 - 2024
Study on Patient Flow in Queensland's public hospitals (CSIRO led EMF grant)
CSIRO
Open grant - 2022 - 2023
Mapping statewide EMR observation records to OMOP CDM
Northern Australian Regional Digital Health Collaborative Seed Funding scheme
Open grant - 2022 - 2023
Mapping and describing Queensland's Health and Medical Research Digital Ecosystem
Queensland Health
Open grant - 2022 - 2024
Prediction of catheter associated bloodstream infection and hospital-onset sepsis events in critically ill adults
Heidi-CSIRO IDR and AMR Projects
Open grant - 2022 - 2023
SMART Project - Towards Systematic Maturation of Analytics and System Redesign to Transform (SMART) Healthcare and Public Health Research
Queensland Health
Open grant - 2021 - 2023
Data Driven Clinical Research Innovation Hub
Stryker Australia Pty Ltd
Open grant - 2021 - 2023
Hospital EMR data as a National Data Asset for Research
University of Melbourne
Open grant - 2021
Digital Hospital: A cost-benefit analysis to inform business cases
Queensland Health
Open grant - 2020 - 2021
R&D Hub Learning Healthcare System Research Stream ¿ Digitising, analysing and improving the continuum of care
Stryker Australia Pty Ltd
Open grant - 2020 - 2024
An evaluation of digital health and continuity of care maturity in Queensland using HIMSS methodology
Digital Health CRC
Open grant - 2020 - 2025
Enhanced data extraction and modelling from electronic medical records and phenotyping for clinical care, and research: Case studies in management of medication stewardship
Digital Health CRC
Open grant - 2019 - 2024
Unlocking Benefits from Digital Investments through Meaningful Use
ARC Linkage Projects
Open grant - 2008
Prevention of cardiovascular disease: understanding the links between diabetes, obesity and platelet function
Diabetes Australia Research Trust
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Supervision
Availability
Professor Clair Sullivan is: : Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
- Doctor Philosophy
##### Harnessing Emerging Technologies to Achieve the Quintuple Aim: Insights from Diabetes Care
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Stefanie Plage, Dr Lee Woods - Doctor Philosophy
##### digital hospital benefits: a shift to value
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mahnaz Samadbeik - Doctor Philosophy
##### DIFFERENCE
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jason Pole, Dr Elton Henry Savio Lobo - 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 - Doctor Philosophy
##### Digital Diabetes
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mahnaz Samadbeik, Dr Elton Henry Savio Lobo - Doctor Philosophy
##### NINA national infrastructure for digital health
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sebastiano Barbieri - Doctor Philosophy
##### Uplifting the AI skills of Queenslands healthcare workers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lee Woods - 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 - 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 - Doctor Philosophy
##### Using technology to efficiently analyse qualitative healthcare data at scale
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lee Woods, Professor Jason Pole
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Completed supervision
- 2019
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Burton-Jones - 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 - 2024
Doctor Philosophy
##### Re-analysing existing genomic data to increase the diagnostic yield of genetic tests
Associate Advisor - 2024
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lee Woods, Professor Michael Barras
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