B Nursing, GDip Nursing, PhD
Lead Acute and Critical Care, Research Member, Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation
Contact details for Professor Claire Rickard
Biography
Professor Claire Rickard qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1992 and specialised in acute and critical hospital care, before moving into research in 1997 to manage pharmaceutical and investigator-initiated trials at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Over the following decade, she excelled in a variety of hospital and university based research positions in Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania. Rickard joined Griffith University in 2007 and established the Griffith University Intravascular Device Research Group. The group includes nursing and medical clinicians, microbiologists, chemists, engineers, statisticians and economists. The IVDRG predominantly undertakes large randomized controlled trials in conjunction with major hospitals in South-East Queensland. This has a significant lab based program, and a strong team undertaking systematic reviews through the Cochrane Collaboration. She is also the Unit Leader for Acute and Critical Care Unit with the Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation.
Research interests
- Acute and critical care
- Intravascular catheters and therapy
- Infection control
- Delirium in intensive care
- Clinical research workforce issues
- Research coordinator and research nurse role
Current Grants
- Intravascular Device administration sets: Replacement after standard versus prolonged use (RSVP Trial). APP1008428 2011-2014. $1,555,305.30. Rickard C, Webster J, Chaboyer W, Young J, Gowardman J, Whitby M, Fraser J, McMillan D, Zhang L
- Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing Interventions for Hospitalised Patients. Centres of Research Excellence Scheme. APP 1000888 2010-2014. $2,500,000.00. National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Chaboyer W, Rickard C, Aitken L, Wallis M, Webster J, Thalib L, Scuffham P, Doran D, Cullum N.
- RFT 2009/27 For The Establishment Of A Panel Of Providers With Expertise Relevant To The Development And Presentation Of Evidence Based Health Advice. National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Scuffham P, Chaboyer W, Rickard C, Wallis M, Ng S, Stapleton P, Turkstra E, Whyte P, Comans T, Cameron C, Hall C, Priest V, Whitty J. 2010-2012
- Accuracy and potential usefulness of molecular detection for improving diagnosis of IVD-related infections. Training (Postdoctoral) Fellowship (Australia Based Clinical). 2010-2014. $285,000.00National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Zhang L. (Supervisor Rickard C).