Overview
Dr Clare Bradley is a Senior Research Fellow with the UQ Poche Centre and the Program Manager for the ATLAS Indigenous Primary Care Surveillance Network. She has a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Adelaide and has been working in the health surveillance and health services research sectors for nearly two decades.
Before joining Professor Ward’s team in 2017 as the Study Coordinator for the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Aboriginal Sexual Health and Blood-Borne Viruses (which established the ATLAS network), Clare spent 14 years at Flinders University; first with the Research Centre for Injury Studies (2003–2014) where she led the AIHW National Injury Surveillance Unit’s falls and older people’s injury research program, and then with the NHMRC Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre as the Senior Research Fellow for the Understanding long-term care services for older people with cognitive decline in Australia project. Clare has extensive project coordination, health surveillance and data linkage skills and wide-ranging research interests, now focused on Indigenous health.
Clare is the Chief Investigator for the recently awarded Improving surveillance infrastructure for Indigenous primary health care project, receiving $1.99m through the Medical Research Future Fund (PHRDI000054). She is also a CI on two current NHMRC Ideas grants: Leaving no-one behind: Informing Indigenous aged care policy with big data (GNT2004089, CI-C), and Implementing a precision public health approach to eliminate STIs and control HIV in regional Australia (GNT1185073, CI-D). Through these and her ongoing involvement in the maintenance and development of the ATLAS network and research infrastructure, Clare is committed to excellence and innovation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services research and passionate about strengthening research capacity and supporting Indigenous Data Sovereignty in all aspects her research activity.
Clare has successfully co-supervised one PhD and two honours students to completion and is available for collaboration or supervision across a range of topics, including Indigenous primary care and infectious disease surveillance; health services research; dementia and aged care services research; falls injury; suicide and self-harm; use of linked administrative datasets; development of disease classification structures; and descriptive epidemiology for public health purposes.
Research Interests
- Indigenous health services
- Indigenous pimary health care
- Infectious disease surveillance
- Health data linkage
- Epidemiology
- Health services research
- Dementia and aged care services
- Suicide and self-harm
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Adelaide
Publications
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McCormack, Heather, Wand, Handan, Bourne, Christopher, Ward, James, Bradley, Clare, Mak, Donna and Guy, Rebecca (2023). Integrating testing for sexually transmissible infections into annual health assessments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people: a cross-sectional analysis. Sexual Health, 20 (6), 488-496. doi: 10.1071/SH23107
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Jacups, Susan and Bradley, Clare (2023). Is the evidence-based medicine movement counter-productive: are randomised controlled trials the best approach to establish evidence in complex healthcare situations?. Public Health Research and Practice, 33 (1) e3312303, 1-5. doi: 10.17061/phrp3312303
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Lim, David, Phillips, Emily, Bradley, Clare and Ward, James (2023). Barriers and facilitators to hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in rural South Australia: a service providers’ perspective. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (5) 4415, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20054415
Grants
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Improving surveillance infrastructure for Indigenous primary health care
(2021–2024) MRFF Primary Health Care Research Data Infrastructure
Publications
Book
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Mayer, Peter, Bradley, Clare, Steen, Della and Ziaian, Tahereh (2010). Suicide and society in India. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. doi: 10.4324/9780203840085
Journal Article
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McCormack, Heather, Wand, Handan, Bourne, Christopher, Ward, James, Bradley, Clare, Mak, Donna and Guy, Rebecca (2023). Integrating testing for sexually transmissible infections into annual health assessments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people: a cross-sectional analysis. Sexual Health, 20 (6), 488-496. doi: 10.1071/SH23107
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Jacups, Susan and Bradley, Clare (2023). Is the evidence-based medicine movement counter-productive: are randomised controlled trials the best approach to establish evidence in complex healthcare situations?. Public Health Research and Practice, 33 (1) e3312303, 1-5. doi: 10.17061/phrp3312303
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Lim, David, Phillips, Emily, Bradley, Clare and Ward, James (2023). Barriers and facilitators to hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in rural South Australia: a service providers’ perspective. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (5) 4415, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20054415
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Dipnall, Joanna F., Rivara, Frederick P., Lyons, Ronan A., Ameratunga, Shanthi, Brussoni, Mariana, Lecky, Fiona E., Bradley, Clare, Beck, Ben, Lyons, Jane, Schneeberg, Amy, Harrison, James E. and Gabbe, Belinda J. (2022). Predictors of health-related quality of life following injury in childhood and adolescence: a pooled analysis. Injury Prevention, 28 (4), 301-310. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2021-044309
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Dipnall, Joanna F., Rivara, Frederick P., Lyons, Ronan A., Ameratunga, Shanthi, Brussoni, Mariana, Lecky, Fiona E., Bradley, Clare, Beck, Ben, Lyons, Jane, Schneeberg, Amy, Harrison, James E. and Gabbe, Belinda J. (2021). Health-related quality of life (Hrqol) outcomes following injury in childhood and adolescence using euroqol (eq-5d) responses with pooled longitudinal data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (19) 10156, 10156. doi: 10.3390/ijerph181910156
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Bradley, Clare, Hengel, Belinda, Crawford, Katy, Elliott, Salenna, Donovan, Basil, Mak, Donna B., Nattabi, Barbara, Johnson, David, Guy, Rebecca, Fairley, Christopher K., Wand, Handan, Ward, James and and the Centre of Research Excellence in Aboriginal Sexual Health investigator group (2020). Establishment of a sentinel surveillance network for sexually transmissible infections and blood borne viruses in Aboriginal primary care services across Australia: the ATLAS project. BMC Health Services Research, 20 (1) 769, 769. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05388-y
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Milte, Rachel, Bradley, Clare, Miller, Michelle, Farrer, Olivia and Crotty, Maria (2018). How widely are supportive and flexible food service systems and mealtime interventions used for people in residential care facilities? A comparison of dementia-specific and nonspecific facilities. Healthcare, 6 (4) 140, 140. doi: 10.3390/healthcare6040140
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Gabbe, Belinda J., Dipnall, Joanna F., Lynch, John W., Rivara, Frederick P., Lyons, Ronan A., Ameratunga, Shanthi, Brussoni, Mariana, Lecky, Fiona E., Bradley, Clare, Simpson, Pam M., Beck, Ben, Demmler, Joanne C., Lyons, Jane, Schneeberg, Amy and Harrison, James E. (2018). Validating injury burden estimates using population birth cohorts and longitudinal cohort studies of injury outcomes: the VIBES-Junior study protocol. BMJ Open, 8 (8) e024755, e024755. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024755
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Gnanamanickam, Emmanuel S., Dyer, Suzanne M., Milte, Rachel, Harrison, Stephanie L., Liu, Enwu, Easton, Tiffany, Bradley, Clare, Bilton, Rebecca, Shulver, Wendy, Ratcliffe, Julie, Whitehead, Craig and Crotty, Maria (2018). Direct health and residential care costs of people living with dementia in Australian residential aged care. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 33 (7), 859-866. doi: 10.1002/gps.4842
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The acceptability of participating in data linkage research: research with older Australians
Harrison, Stephanie L., Milte, Rachel, Bradley, Clare, Inacio, Maria and Crotty, Maria (2018). The acceptability of participating in data linkage research: research with older Australians. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42 (5), 497-498. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12797
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Dyer, Suzanne M., Liu, Enwu, Gnanamanickam, Emmanuel S., Milte, Rachel, Easton, Tiffany, Harrison, Stephanie L., Bradley, Clare E., Ratcliffe, Julie and Crotty, Maria (2018). Clustered domestic residential aged care in Australia: fewer hospitalisations and better quality of life. Medical Journal of Australia, 208 (10), 433-438. doi: 10.5694/mja17.00861
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Harrison, Stephanie L., Bradley, Clare, Milte, Rachel, Liu, Enwu, Kouladjian O’Donnell, Lisa, Hilmer, Sarah N. and Crotty, Maria (2018). Psychotropic medications in older people in residential care facilities and associations with quality of life: a cross-sectional study. BMC Geriatrics, 18 (1) 60. doi: 10.1186/s12877-018-0752-0
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Costs of potentially inappropriate medication use in residential aged care facilities
Harrison, S. L., Kouladjian O’Donnell, L., Milte, R., Dyer, S. M., Gnanamanickam, E. S., Bradley, C., Liu, E., Hilmer, S. N. and Crotty, M. (2018). Costs of potentially inappropriate medication use in residential aged care facilities. BMC Geriatrics, 18 (1) 9. doi: 10.1186/s12877-018-0704-8
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Harrison, Stephanie L., Kouladjian O’Donnell, Lisa, Bradley, Clare E., Milte, Rachel, Dyer, Suzanne M., Gnanamanickam, Emmanuel S., Liu, Enwu, Hilmer, Sarah N. and Crotty, Maria (2018). Associations between the Drug Burden Index, potentially inappropriate medications and quality of life in residential aged care. Drugs and Aging, 35 (1), 83-91. doi: 10.1007/s40266-017-0513-3
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Milte, Rachel, Ratcliffe, Julie, Bradley, Clare, Shulver, Wendy and Crotty, Maria (2017). Evaluating the quality of care received in long-term care facilities from a consumer perspective: development and construct validity of the Consumer Choice Index – Six Dimension instrument. Ageing and Society, 39 (1), 138-160. doi: 10.1017/s0144686x17000861
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Milte, Rachel, Shulver, Wendy, Killington, Maggie, Bradley, Clare, Miller, Michelle and Crotty, Maria (2017). Struggling to maintain individuality – Describing the experience of food in nursing homes for people with dementia. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 72, 52-58. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2017.05.002
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Liu, Enwu, Dyer, Suzanne M., O'Donnell, Lisa Kouladjian, Milte, Rachel, Bradley, Clare, Harrison, Stephanie L., Gnanamanickam, Emmanuel, Whitehead, Craig and Crotty, Maria (2017). Association of cardiovascular system medications with cognitive function and dementia in older adults living in nursing homes in Australia. Journal of Geriatric Cardiology, 14 (6), 407-415. doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2017.06.009
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Perimal-Lewis, Lua, Bradley, Clare, Hakendorf, Paul H., Whitehead, Craig, Heuzenroeder, Louise and Crotty, Maria (2016). The relationship between in-hospital location and outcomes of care in patients diagnosed with dementia and/or delirium diagnoses: analysis of patient journey. BMC Geriatrics, 16 (1) 190, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12877-016-0372-5
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Milte, R., Shulver, W., Killington, M., Bradley, C., Ratcliffe, J. and Crotty, M. (2016). Quality in residential care from the perspective of people living with dementia: The importance of personhood. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 63, 9-17. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2015.11.007
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Bradley, Clare E., Harrison, James E. and Henley, Geoffrey I. (2010). Trends in the incidence of hospitalisation for injuries resulting from non-traffic crashes in New South Wales, July 1998 to June 2007. Medical Journal of Australia, 193 (10), 620-620. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04079.x
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Trends in hospitalised injuries due to falls by older people, Australia 1999-2007
Bradley, C. and Harrison, J. E. (2010). Trends in hospitalised injuries due to falls by older people, Australia 1999-2007. Injury Prevention, 16 (S1), A197-A197. doi: 10.1136/ip.2010.029215.702
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Appearances may deceive: What's going on with Australian suicide statistics?
Bradley, Clare E., Harrison, James E. and Elnour, Amr Abou (2010). Appearances may deceive: What's going on with Australian suicide statistics?. Medical Journal of Australia, 192 (8), 428-429. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03578.x
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The role of design issues in work-related fatal injury in Australia
Driscoll, Timothy R., Harrison, James E., Bradley, Clare and Newson, Rachel S. (2008). The role of design issues in work-related fatal injury in Australia. Journal of Safety Research, 39 (2), 209-214. doi: 10.1016/j.jsr.2008.02.024
Conference Publication
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The role of design issues in work-related serious injuries
Driscoll, T. R., Harrison, J. E., Bradley, C. and Newson, R. S. (2005). The role of design issues in work-related serious injuries.
Grants (Administered at UQ)
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Improving surveillance infrastructure for Indigenous primary health care
(2021–2024) MRFF Primary Health Care Research Data Infrastructure
