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Dr Brigid Clancy is a researcher with a passion for problem solving and finding pragmatic solutions to complex issues.

Brigid recently completed her PhD at the University of Newcastle, focused on identifying gaps and opportunities in support for people after stroke, especially in relation to health risk factors. 

Currently, she works as a Postdoctoral Research Associate with Professor Kylie Shaw and the Graduate Research team. There, she works closely with the Dean on research into the doctoral student experience, with current work focusing on the use of generative artificial intelligence by higher degree research students. 

She also has a passion for enhancing the doctoral experience, and works with the Graduate Research Student Experience and Development team to deliver program enhancements to support doctoral learning and development, and provision of high quality supervision. 

In total, Brigid has six years of experience in health research and consulting including quantitative and qualitative research, systematic, scoping and rapid literature reviews, health service and policy evaluations, development of educational materials and online modules, and policy submissions. Improving the quality of life of disadvantaged populations has been the cornerstone of all of her health research experiences.

Brigid also enjoys making time for science communication and translating health and science topics into digestible content for the general public. In her own time she has published four articles in The Conversation which total over 420,000 views.