Biography
Susan is a clinician researcher with expertise in the role of sex hormones in women across the lifespan. She’s head of the Monash University Women’s Health Research Program, and holds a Level 3 NHMRC Investigator Grant.
Susan is a consultant endocrinologist and head of the Women’s Endocrine Clinic at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, and a consultant at Cabrini Medical Centre. She’s a fellow and council member of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
Susan’s research spans basic science to clinical trials, and has been pivotal in our understanding of sex hormones in women in multiple non-reproductive target tissues, including the brain (cognition, mood, sexual function), cardiovascular system (lipids, vascular function and coagulation), and other tissues (fat, muscle, joint cartilage and bone).
She leads a research program supported by the NHMRC, MRFF, and the Heart Foundation.
