Susan E. Bryson received her PhD in Clinical Psychology at McGill University.

She was on faculty in the Departments of Psychology at Dalhousie University, Guelph University and York University, and was an Associate Scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children (HSC). She is the Founding Director of the Autism Research Unit at HSC and the Autism Research Centre at the IWK Health Centre. Dr. Bryson is currently serving on the Boards of the Asperger Society of Ontario and the Provincial Autism Centre (Halifax, Nova Scotia), and as advisor to the Board of the Autism Society of Nova Scotia. She has particular interests in the early identification and treatment of autism, attention and emotion in autism, and in the well-being of adolescents and adults with autism. Dr. Bryson is the first recipient of the Joan and Jack Craig Chair in Autism Research, a chair that has been developed through Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre. Dr. Bryson is looking forward to collaborating with other members of the CAIRN Steering committee, and with parents, other researchers and clinicians on research projects.

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