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

Associate Professor, Faculty of Rehabilitation - Occupational Therapy
Curriculum Vitæ
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Contact

Associate Professor, Faculty of Rehabilitation - Occupational Therapy
Email
suzette.bremault-phillips@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-9503
Address
3-14 Corbett (E.A.) Hall
8205 - 114 St NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 2G4

Overview

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 the areas of medical rehabilitation; health, resilience, and well-being among military, veteran, public safety personnel and families; mental health, PTSD and moral injury among trauma-affected populations; complex needs and aging; evidence-based interventions (including use of innovative technology); system change and knowledge translation/implementation science/program evaluation.

  • Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON 


Research

Current Research

  • Principal Investigator, Multi-modal virtual-reality based treatment for Canadian Armed Forces members with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder: A Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment (CAREN) study (Funders: Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation, Royal Canadian Legion AB-NWT, with in-kind contributions from Defence Research and Development Canada)
  • Principal Investigator, Resilient Parents...Resilient Communities (RPRC): Interventions to enhance resilience among military personnel, veterans and their families (Funder: Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation)
  • Co-Investigator, Interventions to improve perinatal outcomes following the 2016 Alberta wildfires: administration, effectiveness and community implementation (Funder: CIHR)
  • Principal Investigator, Project Trauma Support: Addressing post-traumatic stress disorder and moral injury in military members at risk of medical release (Funder: True Patriot Love Foundation)
  • Principal Investigator, Investigation of the impact of the Project Trauma Support program on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and moral injury in military veterans in Canada (Funder: Sub-grant of a Veterans Affairs Canada-funded project held by the Mood Disorders Society of Canada)
  • Co-Investigator: Give a Hand to Sleep: Hand self-Shiatsu to Promote Sleep in Veterans and their Family Members (Funder: Veterans Affairs Canada)
  • Co-Investigator: Dementia dogs: Their impact on community-dwelling persons with mild to moderate dementia (Funder: Alzheimer Society of Canada)
  • Co-Principal Investigator, Healthcare workforce education and training resources to recognize and support family caregivers of seniors in care (Funder: CIHR)
Teaching
  • Mental health 
  • Resilience, happiness
  • Aging
  • Spirituality

Announcements

Interested students looking for a supervisor are welcome to contact her directly. 

Scholarly Activities

Research - Decision-making capacity assessments

The assessment of individuals whose decision-making ability has come into question (e.g., health, where they live, legal issues) necessitates use of best practice processes due to the implications on personal autonomy and rights. Research aims to assist organizations, systems, and service providers in building capacity in offering decision-making capacity assessments. 

Decision Making Capacity Assessment (DMCA) Research Group
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)

Publications

Facilitating implementation of the Decision-Making Capacity Assessment (DMCA) Model: Senior leadership perspectives on the use of the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) Model and frameworks
Author(s): Brémault-Phillips, S., Pike, A., Charles, L., Roduta-Roberts, M., Mitra, A., Friesen, S., Moulton, L., Parmar, J.
Publication: BMC ResearchNote
Volume: 11
Issue: 607
Page Numbers: 1-10
External Link: https://rdcu.be/45VE
Recent Canadian efforts to develop population level pregnancy intervention studies to mitigate effects of natural disasters and other tragedies
Author(s): 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.
Publication: Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
Page Numbers: 1-7
External Link: https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040174418001113
Reflections on recovery, rehabilitation and reintegration of injured service members and veterans from a bio-psychosocial-spiritual perspective
Author(s): Besemann, M., Hebert, J., Thompson, J.M., Cooper, R.A., Gupta, G., Brémault-Phillips, S., Dentry, S.J.
Publication: Canadian Journal of Surgery
Volume: 61
Issue: 6 suppl 1
Page Numbers: S219-S231
External Link: https://canjsurg.ca/61-6-s219/
Spiritual dimensions of moral injury: Contributions of mental health chaplains in the Canadian Armed Forces
Author(s): Smith-MacDonald, L.A., Morin, J.S., Brémault-Phillips, S.
Publication: Frontiers in Psychiatry
Volume: 9
Page Numbers: 1-7
External Link: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00592/full
Spirituality and Moral Injury among Military Personnel: A Mini-Review
Author(s): Brémault-Phillips, S., Pike, A., Scarcella, F., Cherwick, T.
Publication: Frontiers in Psychiatry
Volume: 10
Page Numbers: 276
External Link: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00276/full
Supporting family caregivers of seniors within acute and continuing care systems
Author(s): Parmar, J., Torti, J., Brémault-Phillips, S., Charles, L., Chan, K., Tian, P.
Publication: Canadian Geriatrics Journal
Volume: 21
Issue: 4
Page Numbers: 292-296
External Link: https://cgjonline.ca/index.php/cgj/article/view/317