She completed a postgraduate diploma in pain management at the University of Sydney (Australia) in 1998. Susie teaches and conducts research within a multidisciplinary team in her role as clinical nurse manager in the Department of Pain Management, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney (Australia). She is a member of the International Association for the Study of Pain, the Australian Pain Society, the Pain Interest Group of New South Wales, the Special Interest Group Pain in Childhood, the Australian Pain Relief Association and the Australian Clinical Nurse Consultant Association.