Dr. Susan Bartels

Biography

Dr. Susan Bartels is a Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Queen's University, as well as a cross-appointed faculty member in the Department of Public Health Sciences. She is a practicing emergency physician at Kingston Health Sciences Centre and a SEAMO Clinician-Scientist Tier II Canada Research Chair in Humanitarian Health Equity. Dr. Bartels conducts extensive research on global public health with a focus on individuals affected by humanitarian crises, armed conflict, and natural disasters, particularly emphasizing the experiences of women and children. Her work includes an investigation into child marriage among Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon, funded by the World Bank and the Sexual Violence Research Initiative, and inquiries into the relationships between local community members and UN peacekeepers in Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo regarding sexual abuse and exploitation. As a co-principal investigator on a Universities Canada project, she is also involved in research capacity development in lower- and middle-income countries and studying parenting adversity. Dr. Bartels leads a mixed methods study examining emergency room care experiences for equity-seeking groups, employing a novel mixed quantitative and qualitative approach termed 'SenseMaking'. Her research interests span across Sub-Saharan Africa, driven by a commitment to understanding and improving health equity both in Canada and internationally.

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