Dr Vanessa Clark is the Centre Research Manager for the Centre of Research Excellence in Treatable Traits.
Vanessa is a postdoctoral researcher in translational asthma research within the Centre for Research Excellence in Severe Asthma.
Her recent work focuses around the best approach for the management of severe asthma and how to implement it that approach. This includes a primary care perspective, tertiary care perspective and patient perspective.
In 2015, she was awarded a PhD at the University of Newcastle and has a background in psychology (Ba. Psychology, Hons I), Her overall research interests are chronic illness, health behaviours and mental health.
Vanessa has experience in quantitative and qualitative research methods. She has experience with multi-centre randomised controlled trials, and research experience with several chronic diseases, including cancer and severe asthma, as well as severe mental disorders.
Recently, Vanessa was invited to be the course convener by the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, to develop an education program for the 2022/2024 TSANZ Educational Hub.