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Associate Professor
University of Western Ontario, Canada
Dr. Susan Hunter PT PhD is an Associate Professor in the School of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. She is a Physical Therapist with 32 years of clinical experience and has a PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, both from the University of Western Ontario. Dr. Hunter’s research interests are the rehabilitation of geriatric patients, particularly the cognitively-impaired older adult, and their experience of falls, frailty and mobility decline. Dr. Hunter has 116 peer-reviewed publications and in the last 6 years has given 9 invited presentations at national or international conferences. She also has interests in fall prevention among patient populations of lower extremity amputees, joint arthroplasty and Alzheimer’s disease. Her research has been supported by the Alzheimer Association (USA), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada), War Amps Canada, Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation and Physiotherapy Foundation of Canada. She has received the Faculty Scholar Award and School of Physical Therapy Research Award from the University of Western Ontario, the CIHR Institute of Aging AgePlus Prize, Ontario Research Coalition Early Researcher Award, and the Cowdry Prize from the Canadian Geriatrics Society. Her Google Scholar profile is https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=7D5yuBsAAAAJ&hl=en