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Claire Dosdale is a Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing and nurse academic at �ֲ���ý��Ƶ, specialising in violence against women and girls (VAWG), trauma-informed care, and healthcare education. Her work bridges research, education, and practice to enhance healthcare responses to gender-based violence and improve nursing student preparation for addressing violence in clinical settings.

In her academic role, Claire oversees student professional standards through her leadership responsibilities as Fitness to Practise school lead, and as programme lead for adult field co-horts. She teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate nursing programs, with a focus on safeguarding, professional practice, and evidence-based care.

Claire's research expertise centres on disclosure experiences in healthcare settings, exploring how survivors of sexual violence navigate help-seeking and the factors that facilitate or hinder disclosure to healthcare professionals. Her PhD research contributes to understanding trauma-informed approaches and organisational responses to sexual violence. She actively engages in Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) methodologies, working collaboratively with survivor communities to ensure research meaningfully addresses their needs and experiences.

Claire's scholarship encompasses violence prevention, Active Bystander Training, and she is currently working on an international scale adaptation relating to gendered violence myth assumptions. She has contributed to national and international discourse on gendered violence in healthcare through publications in peer-reviewed journals, conference presentations, and media engagement including exploring 'Gendered Violence and Abuse: how nurses can help patients and peers' in the

She is committed to interdisciplinary collaboration, working across health, social care, policing, and third sector organisations to develop evidence-based interventions and educational approaches that create safer healthcare environments for both patients and staff.

Claire sits on Board of Trustees and is also a Board Member at Large for .