Suzette Bremault-Phillips, Ph.D., M.A., B.M.R., B.Sc.

/Bray-moe-Phillips/

Professor, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine - Occupational Therapy

Contact

Professor, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine - Occupational Therapy
Email
suzette2@ualberta.ca

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Mental health Trauma-focused psychotherapy Resilience Uniformed Service Work reintegration PTSD and Moral injury


About

Background Information

  • Joined the University of Alberta in 2011
  • A boundary spanner who bridges research and practice, and facilitates inter-professional collaboration, capacity-building and knowledge translation. 
  • Researcher, clinician, educator in medical rehabilitation; mental and spiritual health, resilience, and well-being among military, veteran, public safety personnel and families; PTSD and moral injury; evidence-based trauma-focused psychotherapies; aging and support for family caregivers; system change and knowledge translation/implementation science/program evaluation.

Research

Current Research

  • Principal Investigator, HIMARC 3MDR Study (https://threemdr.himarc.ca; Multi-modal, motion-assisted memory desensitization and reconsolidation)  (Funding sources: Royal Canadian Legion AB-NWT, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation, First Response to Fashion, Government of Alberta (Advanced Education, Alberta Innovates, Recovery Alberta), Department of National Defence, with in-kind contributions from Veterans Affairs Canada and Defence Research and Development Canada)
  • Principal Investigator, CMVF3C (Canadian Military, Veteran and Family Connected Campus Consortium; cmvf3c.ca) and AB-MVF3C (Alberta Military, Veteran and Family Connected Campus Consortium; ab.mvf3c.ca) (Funding source: Government of Alberta; Veterans Affairs Canada, Department of National Defence); Co-Chair, IVEE - International Veterans Education and Employment Group (Canadian Rep)
  • Principal Investigator, Workplace Reintegration Initiatives for Public Safety Personnel in Alberta  
  • Principal Investigator, Re-contextualizing a Moral Injury Intervention for Veteran Families: An Exploratory Study (Funding Source: Atlas)
  • Co-Principal Investigator, For Those Who Serve and Have Served: Fostering Resilience, Readiness and Growth among Military Members, Veterans, Public Safety Personnel in Times of COVID-19 (Funding source: Government of Alberta; Department of National Defence)
  • Co-Principal Investigator, Resilient Parents...Resilient Communities (RPRC; Funding source: Royal Canadian Legion)

Teaching

  • Mental health 
  • Resilience
  • Aging
  • Spirituality

Scholarly Activities

Research - Mental and spiritual well-being, health and resilience

My research explores spiritual and mental well-being, health, resilience, and moral injury among military, veteran, civilian and student populations. Activities include the study, implementation and dissemination of interventions that aim to enhance function and well-being, inter-professional collaboration, capacity-building, and system-change.


Research - Military, Veteran, and Public Safety Personnel and their Families

Started: 20180701

As the Director of the Heroes in Mind Advocacy and Research Consortium (HiMARC), I am committed to serving those who serve us through research, teaching and service. Canadian military members, veterans, public safety personnel, and their families will benefit from HiMARC's research, education, and knowledge translation activities.

Heroes in Mind Advocacy and Research Consortium (HiMARC)

Featured Publications

Eric Vermetten, Kyle Weiman, Laura-Lee Innes, Jonathan Jin, Suzette Brémault-Phillips

Medicine, Conflict and Survival. 2025 April; 10.1080/13623699.2025.2463041


Rashell R Allen, Myrah A Malik, Carley Aquin, Lucijana Herceg, Suzette Brémault-Phillips, Phillip R Sevigny

JMIR mHealth and uHealth. 2025 April; 10.2196/64098


Sidney Yap, Rashell Rose Allen, Katherine S. Bright, Matthew R. G. Brown, Lisa Burback, Jake Hayward, Olga Winkler, Dr. Kristopher Wells, Chelsea Jones, Phillip R. Sevigny, Megan McElheran, Keith Zukiwski, Andrew J. Greenshaw, Suzette Brémault-Phillips

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2025 February; 10.3390/ijerph22020220


Michèle L. Hébert, Joshua M. Tippe, Carley Aquin, Melody Maximos, Suzette Brémault-Phillips, Phillip R. Sevigny

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2024 October; 10.3390/ijerph21101378


Current Neuropharmacology. 2024 January; 10.2174/1570159X21666230428091433


Temitope Osifeso, Sierra J. Crocker, Liana Lentz, Lorraine Smith-MacDonald, Merna Seliman, Gojjam Limenih, Renée S. MacPhee, Gregory S. Anderson, Suzette Brémault-Phillips, David Malloy, R. Nicholas Carleton

Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry. 2023 December; 10.1007/s40501-023-00310-9


Chelsea Jones, Shaylee Spencer, Brenda Juby, Elly O'Greysik, Lorraine Smith-MacDonald, Michelle Vincent, Suzette Bremault-Phillips

Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being. 2023 February; 10.35502/jcswb.301


International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023 January; 10.3390/ijerph20075415


International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023 January; 10.3390/ijerph20116037


Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2023 January; 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1125161


Chelsea Jones, Lorraine Smith‐MacDonald, Matthew Robert Graham Brown, Ashley Pike, Eric Vermetten, Suzette Brémault‐Phillips

Brain and Behavior. 2022 August; 10.1002/brb3.2694


Jasneet Parmar, Sharon Anderson, Bonnie Dobbs, Peter George J. Tian, Lesley Charles, Jean Triscott, Jennifer Stickney-Lee, Suzette Brémault-Phillips, Sandy Sereda, Lisa Poole

Diseases. 2021 October; 10.3390/diseases9040070


Lorraine Smith-MacDonald, Chelsea Jones, Phillip Sevigny, Allison White, Alexa Laidlaw, Melissa Voth, Cynthia Mikolas, Alexandra Heber, Andrew J Greenshaw, Suzette Brémault-Phillips

JMIR Formative Research. 2021 August; 10.2196/26369


Parmar, J., Torti, J., Brémault-Phillips, S., Charles, L., Chan, K., Tian, P.

Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 21 (4):292-296


Brémault-Phillips, S., Pike, A., Scarcella, F., Cherwick, T.

Frontiers in Psychiatry. 10


Olson, D.M., Brémault-Phillips, S., King, S., Metz, G.A., Montesanti, S., Olson, J.K., Hyde, A., Pike, A., Hoover, T., Linder, R., Joggerst, B. and Watts, R.

Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.


Brémault-Phillips, S., Pike, A., Charles, L., Roduta-Roberts, M., Mitra, A., Friesen, S., Moulton, L., Parmar, J.

BMC ResearchNote. 11 (607):1-10


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