Country
Canada
Bio
A Professor Emerita in the Department of
Physical Therapy in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia,
Susan is the former Editor-in-Chief of Physiotherapy
Canada and currently serves on the editorial board of Infants & Young Children. Her pediatric research has focused on early
diagnosis of movement disorders in infants and the effectiveness of early
intervention for at-risk infants and children with neurodevelopmental
disabilities. She is co-author, with Dr.
Marci Hanson, of Teaching the Young Child
with Motor Delays: A Guide for
Parents and Professionals (1986), primary author of the 2009 manual for the
Harris Infant Neuromotor Test (HINT), and has authored/co-authored more than
160 peer-reviewed journal articles. Between 2013 and 2018, she made 7
presentations and published 23 articles in professional journals. Grant funding
for development and standardization of the HINT was received from the US
National Institute of Disability & Rehabilitation Research, the British
Columbia Health Research Foundation, the Hospital for Sick Children Foundation,
and the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada. She is fluent in English and has more than 40
years’ experience in organizing and/or conducting continuing education courses.