Professor Clare Gardiner

Nursing and Midwifery, School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery

Professor of Palliative Care

Clare Gardiner
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c.gardiner@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2038

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Professor Clare Gardiner
Nursing and Midwifery, School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
Room 206A
362 Mushroom Lane
Sheffield
S10 2TS
Profile

Clare Gardiner is a professor of palliative care at the School of Allied Health Professionals, Nursing & Midwifery. She leads the Sheffield Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group and is Co-Director of the Mesothelioma UK Research Centre. Clare has over 15 years of experience in palliative care research and has published over 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

In 2015, she was awarded a Vice Chancellor’s Fellowship to explore economic aspects of palliative care; in 2020 she was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship to study policies supporting working end-of-life carers. Clare is Chair of the European Association for Palliative Care Reference Group for Family Caregivers.

Research interests

My research interests are in palliative and end of life care, ageing and older people, and mesothelioma. I am particularly interested in research concerning economic aspects of palliative care, particularly the costs of family caregiving. I have further research interests in social isolation in the elderly, and interventions to reduce loneliness including befriending. I am Co-Director of the Mesothelioma UK Research Centre which conducts research into patient experiences, service organisation and delivery in mesothelioma. 

Current Projects:

Gardiner C & Tod A. Mesothelioma UK Research Centre, funder: Mesothelioma UK 2020-2023.

Gardiner C et al., Financial support for family caregivers This research project explored what financial support is available for family caregivers of people who have a terminal illness or are approaching the end of life. 

Gardiner C. The cost of dying: a mixed methods study to explore the costs of palliative care. University of Sheffield Vice-Chancellor's Fellowship. 2015-2019

Publications

Journal articles

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Conference proceedings papers

Other

Preprints

Teaching interests

My teaching interests are in research methods and palliative and end of life care. I currently supervise PhD students in the areas of palliative and end of life care.

Professional activities and memberships

I am an Associate Editor for BMC Palliative Care, I sit on the Editorial Advisory Board for Palliative Medicine. I chair the EAPC taskforce for Costs of Family Caregiving, I co-chair the EAPC Reference Group for Family Caregivers. I chair the Palliative Care Studies Advisory Group PPI panel.