Clarice is a professor of Physiotherapy with the College of Sport, Health & Engineering, leading the physiotherapy program at VU. She is also an established researcher who specialises in the use of consumer partnership methodologies to co-design and co-produce various health interventions for different chronic disease conditions, in particularly with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Professionally, Clarice is a registered physiotherapist who has extensive experience working across various health settings including in the Emergency Department. She is also one of the first few accredited advanced scope physiotherapy practitioners in Australia.

From a research perspective, Clarice's research interest in chronic disease management stemmed from her PhD where she evaluated the safety and feasibility of implementing an exercise program for people who are acutely unwell with an exacerbation of COPD. Since completion of her PhD, she has expanded her area of research to include a multitude of chronic diseases, including: chronic respiratory disease, diabetes, cancer survivorship, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis. She has also focused on creating culturally appropriate self-management programs, focusing in engagement and empowerment, and implementing these interventions successfully across different settings. More recently, she has also applied the co-design methodology to design programs to train health professionals in improving delivery of quality care and education to different stakeholders.

To date, she have been awarded AUD$1.7 million dollars in research funding (including Cat 1 grants) since 2017, published in numerous Q1 journals and presented at both national and international conferences. Apart from her interest in chronic disease management, Clarice is also a passionate educator who has led scholarly works in learning and teaching involving areas such as physiotherapy education and sense of belonging among first year students. She has been awarded a VC award for her teaching excellence in 2022 and has a senior fellowship with the Advanced Higher Education UK.