Dr Claire Pearce

Dr Claire Pearce works in the Chronic Disease Management Unit at ACT Health as a senior project officer. Her role involves supporting clinical teams to evaluate and develop services related to chronic disease management. She has a particular interest in the use of the assistant workforce to deliver more efficient health services.

Dr Pearce has more than 20 years’ experience as an occupational therapist in a range of clinical settings in Australia and the UK. She has a Masters of Health Sciences from the University of London and in 2020 completed her PhD on ‘Systems change required to engage health services in chronic disease prevention’.