Susan Law

Susan Law

Faculty Member

Associate Professor

Susan has had a hybrid career in research and management, holding positions as a senior manager in the Canadian and UK healthcare systems, as a manager of research at the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CFHI and now Healthcare Excellence Canada) and CIHR, and has training in applied and qualitative research methods. She completed her BSc (Human Kinetics) at the University of Guelph, MHSc at the University of Toronto, and PhD at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (UK) in health services research. Susan leads a program of research and knowledge translation on experiences of illness using qualitative research involving audio/video recording of individual narratives. Results are shared online at https://healthexperiences.ca/ to provide information and support to people living with similar health problems, and so that others, including educators and healthcare professionals, can learn from their experiences to improve the quality of care, and help shape healthcare systems that are patient-centred. The Health Experiences Research Canada Network that she founded involves scientists, trainees, patients and care providers across Canada, and is part of an international network of 14 country-based teams engaged in similar research using methods originally developed at Oxford University. See: https://healthexperiencesinternational.org

Other Affiliations

Knowledge Mobilization Lead, Long COVID Web
Affiliate Scientist, St. Mary’s Research Centre
Adjunct Professor, Family Medicine, McGill University

Current Research

Patient experience of Long COVID (CIHR).

Women’s experiences of heart failure (CIHR).

Medical cannabis for chronic pain (CIHR and UToronto-USydney Collaboration Grant).
Ukraine experiences of displacement during war (St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation and UT SSHRC Development Grant).
Experiences of mental health problems during and after pregnancy (SMHF and other sources).
Learning for learning health systems: environmental scan (OSSU-funded).