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Biography

Dr. Fowler-Kerry is a Full Professor with tenure in the College of Nursing, completing a B.A (Psych) and B.S.N at the University of Saskatchewan (USask), MN, University of Alberta, and Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary) University of Saskatchewan. She has extensive clinical experience in the OR and Pediatrics, working in Washington, D.C. and Saskatoon, SK.

Her research program extends from her clinical practice in maternal and child health. Her master's thesis was published in the Journal Pain, winning awards for Outstanding Research Article, Clinical Digest and was selected for the Mosby Yearbook of Pain. Dr. Fowler-Kerry’s Ph.D. dissertation focused on health policy and resulted in two edited texts, Perspectives on Palliative Care for Children and Young People: A Global Discourse, Pediatric Palliative Care: Global Perspectives and an invited chapter in the Oxford textbook of Pediatric Palliative Care, Education Curriculums in Pediatric Palliative Care.

She was invited to co-chair a WHO consensus meeting in Italy and co-edited the WHO Monograph, Cancer Pain Relief and Palliative Care in Children. Dr. Fowler-Kerry was a consultant ( WHO, PAHO, Middle East Cancer Consortium, George Soros Foundation) focusing on the global development of children's palliative care, access to essential drugs, empowerment of women and improvement of health outcomes for women and children. CIDA, AUCC, and Bill Gates Foundation funding was used to develop curriculum, workshops, conferences, and symposiums. This work has taken her to Belarus, Romania, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia, Estonia, Ukraine, Slovakia, Jordan, Armenia, Cyprus, Serbia, Dubai, South Africa, Uganda, Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Southeast Asia. As faculty, she has developed several international clinical practicum experiences for nurses and students in the health sciences in the Philippines, Uganda, and Ghana.

She continues to be an invited Keynote speaker and consultant and serves on numerous national and International Boards. In addition, she is actively researching with several funded national and international research studies.

Research Interests

  • Pediatric Pain & Palliative Care
  • Global Development in Women’s and Children’s Health
  • One Health
  • Transculturalsim
  • Health Policy

Methodology

  • Qualitative
  • Quantitative
  • Mixed methods

Courses

  • NURS 441: Transitioning to Professional Practice
  • NURS 440: Interprofessional Perspectives Health Systems and Policy Development within a Global Context
  • NURS 821: Outcomes-Based Research

Publications

Grants

Racine, L., (PI), Fowler-Kerry, S., Mahony, J., Clark, N., Nasrin, S., Desjardins M. & Hwang, M. (2023). Influences of Gender, Religion, and Social Context on Arab Muslim Refugee Women's Perspectives on Breast Awareness. 93,384 (CAD). SSHRC Insight Grant.
Card, C. (PI)., Siemens, R., Dewey, C., Fowler-Kerry, S., Fillatre, Ramaswamy, M., Vikram, M. & Wolfgang, Koester. (2023). Feminist-Focused One Health Community Partnerships. Amount Awarded: 4,000,000 160630 Canada Inc.
Racine, L., Clark, N., Vatanparast, H., Saleh, N., O’Mahony, J., D’Souza, M., Fowler-Kerry, S., Hwang, M., & Desjardins, M. (2023). Influences of gender, religion, and social context on Arab Muslim refugee women’s perceptions of breast awareness. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Insight Grant. Amount: $95,000, April 2023/April 2025. Ranked first (1/6) in the Multidisciplinary/Interdisciplinary Review Committee.
Susan Fowler-Kerry (PI) (2021) North2-North Mobility Application for Professors Flateland, Lilefjaer & Rabben (University of Agder, Norway) – Awarded – 20,000.00
Racine, L. (PI), Fowler-Kerry, S. (Co-PI), Bharadwaj, L., Dyck, E., Bourassa, C., Thorpe, L., Swidrovich, J., & Mistawasis Community. (2019). Towards an Understanding of Indigenous Perspectives on Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation Collaborative Innovation Grant (CID). Amount: $48,478. Ranked 2
Henry, C (PI). (Co-I’s), Fowler-Kerry Thiessen, R.l., O’Leary, M., White, J, Kabiri, Muthama, B, Kikulwe, Daniel, Schofield, D, Lieffers, J., & Crawford, S. (2021). Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF) Grand Challenges for Human Flourishing. Understanding the determinants of flourishing among adolescents: A conceptual framework linking physical, mental, and social dimensions through a gender-transformative lens. Funded $99,929

External Committees

  • Elected, CAUT (Canadian Association of University Teachers) Trustee Investment Committee – Sept 2020- present
  • Member, Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society 1989 to present.
  • Member, Transcultural Nursing Society 2019 to present.

Honours (Medals, Fellowships, Prizes)

  • Patron of the Foreningen for Barnepalliasjon, Norwegian Pediatric Hospice, September 2019 – ongoing
  • Sante Award Outstanding Behavioral Research Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada / FEDERAL, January 2018
  • Winner of the Paediatrics Category, 2013 BMA Medicine Book Award, for the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Care for Children (2nd ed.). Eds. R. Hain, A. Goldman, 2013
  • Medal for Outstanding Guest Lecturer, President of the Karol Marcinkowski, Poznan, University of Medical Sciences, May 2019