Susan Bartlett
Professor, Department of Medicine, Divisions of Experimental Medicine,ÌýClinical Epidemiology and Rheumatology
Dr. Susan BartlettÌýis Professor of Medicine at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University (Divisions of Clinical Epidemiology, Rheumatology, and Respirology) and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Johns School of Medicine in Rheumatology. She is an internationally recognized expert in the self-management of chronic diseases, patient-centered outcome measurement and methods, and adherence to treatments. She received her Master’s from ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University, a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Syracuse University and completed post-doctoral training at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where she served on the faculty from 1998-2008 when she relocated to ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. Dr. Bartlett has served as PI or Co-I on many NIH, CIHR, the Arthritis Society, the Arthritis Foundation and others. She is co-founder of Canada-PRO, chair of the Patient Centered Outcomes Working Group for the Behavioral Sciences Assembly of the American Thoracic Society, chair of the Standards and Methods Committee of the International Society of Quality of Life (ISOQOL) and a steering committee member for NIH PROMIS International, the OMERACT RA Flare Group, and SPIN (Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network).
I am a clinical researcher with interests in improving patient care and treatment outcomes in chronic diseases including inflammatory arthritis, asthma, COPD, and solid organ transplant. My current research focuses on patient engagement, understanding and measuring what matters most to patients, and enhancing treatment adherence to improve outcomes.
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1. Integration of patient-reported outcomes into solid organ transplant care.
2. Understanding the relative benefits and harms of rheumatological medications from the patient perspective.
3. Optimizing presentation of clinical and patient-reported outcomes for use in shared decision-making.