Professor Claire Rickard is an Australian National Health and Medical Council (NHMRC) Investigator (Leadership 2). She is a Professor of Infection Prevention and Vascular Access with The University of Queensland and Metro North Health’s Herston Infectious Diseases Institute. After specializing as an ICU nurse, and completing a PhD in infection prevention, she established the Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research (AVATARgroup.org.au). Prof Rickard has completed >50 randomised controlled trials, has 350 publications including in The Lancet, NEJM and JAMA Paediatrics. She has won AUD$30 million in research funding. She has mentored numerous outstanding research students and researchers, and her work has shaped many international clinical practice guidelines. Prof Rickard’s achievements have seen her Elected to the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, American Academy of Nursing, Australian College of Nursing, and the Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. Prof Rickard is ranked as the #1 author worldwide over the past decade for both “Catheter Infection; Central Venous Catheter; Intensive Care Unit” and “Catheterization; Peripheral Venous Catheter; Patient Safety” (Scival).