Claire is the Director of Research & Innovation at the Irish College of General Practitioners with responsibility for research development and implementation. She has held previous research posts in private consultancy, the Rotunda Hospital, the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), University College Dublin (UCD), and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and has lectured in a number of Irish universities. Claire is a member of the European General Practice Research Network (EGPRN) Executive Board and the Chair of its Research Strategy Committee. She edited and co-authored the EGPRN Research Strategy for General Practice in Europe 2021. She is currently involved in a number of national and international projects on issues relevant to general practice. Her research in the ICGP primarily centres around service and education needs’ assessments, health services research and evaluation, and policy research related to the ICGP and its programmes.